User talk:Tachs/Archive 4

DYK for Shahid Jameel
Mifter (talk) 00:01, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Birendra Nath Mallick
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DYK for Satish K. Gupta
Mifter (talk) 00:02, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Vijay Kumar (molecular biologist)
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Anil Kumar Mandal
Mifter (talk) 00:02, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Ravinder Goswami
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DYK for Birendra Nath Mallick
Mifter (talk) 00:02, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks for the nice gesture. Any errors you may correct by direct editing and leave a clear editing edit summary so that the message is clear. Adding reliable citations to support your edits will help in holding the edits. Please also note that the article has been nominated for DYK, hope it will appear on the front page of Wikipedia soon. Please see the nomination here Template:Did you know nominations/Krityunjai Prasad Sinha. Since you know Mr. Sinha personally, please congratulate him for me on his great scientific contributions. jojo@nthony (talk) 14:20, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

Yuri on Ice DYK?
Hi there. I think I carried out the required changes you asked for concerning the Yuri on Ice DYK? nomination. I'm just waiting for a reply to make sure everything is OK with it. Thanks. ISD (talk) 08:31, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
 * . I was waiting for your ping. It's been cleared now. Cheers !! --jojo@nthony (talk) 08:42, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, I should have pinged you earlier. Sorry for my error and thanks for checking my nomination over. ISD (talk) 08:44, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
 * You are welcome mate!! jojo@nthony (talk) 08:45, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

Hi sir - Request for help
Hi sir, Sorry for disturbing you. I came accross your page as you have worked on pages on humanities and on many personalities. Sir in your free time can you please have a look at my article on Dr Suresh David and give me your suggestions please. Thank you sir. Naepin (talk) 17:24, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
 * , Hi friend, where have you parked the article? Please let me have the link. Before your start out on the article, please ensure that the subject of the article is notable. Please go through WP:BIO where the basic criteria are laid out. If you cannot establish notability, the article may get deleted fast and all the work will go in waste. --jojo@nthony (talk) 17:53, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Dr_Suresh_David Naepin (talk) 18:04, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you so very much sir for replying. I have tried going through the criterias sir and done little work sir.
 * :, The article has several serious drawbacks. Please note the following:


 * The lead section need not be so elaborate and does not need inline citations (citations may be provided when the matter is repeated in the body of the article). It needs to note only the major facts which describes the person and establishes his notability.
 * The body of article is better written in running prose. Please avoid listing as much as possible.
 * Please go through Manual of Style/Biographies which is an informative article and has guidelines on how you may create a good article.
 * Please avoid all professional and honorific titles. Your article is named Dr Suresh David where as it should have been Suresh David. I have re-phrased the lead section which may guide you in your effort.

Suresh Samuel David (born March 22, 1959) is an Indian physician specializing in emergency medicine and the medical director and head of the department of emergency at Pushpagiri Medical College, Tiruvalla. The first Indian physician to be formally trained in emergency medicine, David is credited with founding the department of emergency medicine at Christian Medical College, Vellore. He authored Handbook of Emergency Medicine, the first text on emergency medicine by an Indian author. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London and a recipient of Best Doctor Award of Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University. He has also received a citation, Leadership in Emergency Medicine, from A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, a former president of India.

Trust this helps in your effort. I would advise you to start a sandbox of your own (this you can easily create by creating a page with the title "User:Naepin/Sandbox", just the same way you create a new page and place at the top of the page without those colons). Copy paste your entire article to that page where you can keep on editing without any hindrance. Once you are satisfied with the work, you may submit the article for creation. If you ping me after the basic work is completed, I can try to give my suggestions, if that would help. All the best. --jojo@nthony (talk) 18:46, 15 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Sure sir, Thank you so very much. I will go through and edit it once again. Thank you for your help.Naepin (talk) 06:45, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi, I have done a bit of work on your article. It needs further work. I will look into it when I get time. --jojo@nthony (talk) 09:00, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

Thank you so very much sir
Thank you so very much sir, please do let me know if i can do anything and also if i can be of any help in editing sir. Thank you once again sir for your time and patience. Naepin (talk) 11:30, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I will try to put in some time and will ping you once completed. --jojo@nthony (talk) 11:32, 17 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Sir, I just had a look, thank you so very much.I wouldnt have been able to do all this sir. Thank you once again sir. Naepin (talk) 16:04, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I guess I am through with the article, please have a look. You may add inline citations wherever they are found lacking. I have trimmed the article by omitting several statements on which I could not get clear references. Once the article is published, you may add them as and when you get reliable citations to support them. Please submit the article when you are satisfied with the draft. Happy editing and all the best !! --jojo@nthony (talk) 18:02, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

Naepin (talk) 09:44, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you so very much for your patience and time sir. I will add inline citations sir. Shall let you know how it goes on sir. Thank you once again sir.


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Naepin (talk) 13:15, 18 April 2017 (UTC)


 * You are welcome jojo@nthony (talk) 13:16, 18 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Sir, you have read my references, edited them and referred all of them, so much of work, which took me ages. Thank you sir.Hoping for the best. Best wishes to you too sir. Naepin (talk) 16:53, 18 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Good to know your article has been created. It has a C Class rating too. Congratulations and all the best ! --jojo@nthony (talk) 16:45, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

Naepin (talk) 17:22, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you sir and best wishes to you too sir

DYK for Ravinder Goswami
Mifter (talk) 00:04, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Virendra Singh (physicist)
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Javed Agrewala
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 23 April 2017 (UTC)

Thank you so very much sir
Thank you so very much sir, would not have been possible without your help sir. Best wishes and regards sir

Naepin (talk) 17:21, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

The WikiCup
N. S. Satya Murthy has not yet been reviewed and promoted at DYK. I have removed it from your DYK submissions for this round of the WikiCup and you will able to claim for its DYK in the next round of the competition, when it has reached the main page. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:14, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Santosh G. Honavar
Mifter (talk) 01:41, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Barry Ramachandra Rao
Mifter (talk) 01:26, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

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)

DYK nomination of Krityunjai Prasad Sinha
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DYK for S. C. Jain
Vanamonde (talk) 05:08, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Narendra Kumar (physicist)
Hello! Your submission of Narendra Kumar (physicist) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!  —♦♦ AMBER  (ЯʘCK)  12:31, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

DYK for E. S. Raja Gopal
Mifter (talk) 04:53, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

Death of Malcolm Kirk review
Hi. Thank you for reviewing my Death of Malcolm Kirk article. However following a discussion, I have now merged the content into the Malcolm Kirk article and have renominated it for DYK at Template:Did you know nominations/Malcolm Kirk. Would you be able to give that one a review as well please?  The C of E God Save the Queen!  ( talk ) 07:59, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Done mate. --jojo@nthony (talk) 08:25, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much.  The C of E God Save the Queen!  ( talk ) 08:46, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Chinmoy Sankar Dey
Mifter (talk) 04:38, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

Indian scientists
Hi, I see you're working hard producing well-researched bios of Indian scientists. But I notice that you're using the same ungrammatical formulations over and over, and I have to spend time tidying up each article before promoting it.
 * The line in the lead should not have the word "viz." but be written with en-dashes, and the National Academy of Sciences, India link should be piped to National Academy of Sciences, e.g.:
 * Raja Gopal is an elected fellow of all the three major Indian science academies – the Indian National Science Academy, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Indian Academy of Sciences – as well as a member of the Institute of Physics.

Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 22:59, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
 * The clause one of the highest Indian science awards should be set off by commas before and after.
 * It's not clear why you put names of theories and other studies, and names of conferences, in italics. Article names should be in quotes.

Thanks for your time in dropping me this message. However, I would like you to consider the following: Finally, guidelines in Wikipedia are only guidelines and not rules. Rules have to be adhered to but guidelines are only for guidance. When I started editing here almost 12 years ago, this place was not like what it is today. Many discerning editors acted bold in their edits and those efforts have helped in this evolution. Happy editing !! --jojo@nthony (talk) 10:18, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
 * The name of the Indian academy is National Academy of Sciences, India (please see this link) and not as you mentioned. Pipe-linking it as National Academy of Sciences would only confuse the reader as there is a better known US academy by that name.
 * Use of "viz." is not ungrammatical. It is a common short form or "synonym" for "namely" and not an acronym.
 * You are right on the punctuation mark after one of the highest Indian science awards; I failed to notice the error, sorry.
 * Usage of italics is for visual effects (italics by itself is for emphasis through visual effects)
 * OK, thanks for the explanations. I wasn't really referencing Wikipedia guidelines, but standard copyediting rules. Thanks for taking it the right way. Yoninah (talk) 14:39, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

DYK for V. S. Sangwan
Mifter (talk) 04:23, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Krityunjai Prasad Sinha
Mifter (talk) 04:10, 13 May 2017 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Sudhanshu Shekhar Jha
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DYK for Chanchal Kumar Majumdar
Gatoclass (talk) 03:39, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

DYK for N. S. Satya Murthy
Mifter (talk) 03:24, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Great work
Have been bumping into your excellent work every now and then but just saw that you really seem to be on a mission! All power to you. Cheers. Shyamal (talk) 11:35, 16 May 2017 (UTC)


 * , Thanks for the nice words. --jojo@nthony (talk) 11:39, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Shyam Sunder Kapoor
Gatoclass (talk) 00:03, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!
Thanks mate, for the nice gesture. --jojo@nthony (talk) 05:51, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Narendra Kumar (physicist)
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DYK for Sudhanshu Shekhar Jha
Gatoclass (talk) 00:03, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Narendra Kumar (physicist)
Gatoclass (talk) 00:02, 25 May 2017 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Vijay Kumar Kapahi
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DYK for Probir Roy
Mifter (talk) 00:02, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

Scientists and primary sources
Greetings, Tachs. I've noticed that you have written a very large number of articles on scientists from non-Western countries, which is an admirable undertaking. In reviewing some of your recent articles, though, I was slightly concerned by the use of sources. As far as possible, all information in a BLP needs to be from reliable secondary sources. We can use primary sources, but only with great care and for absolutely non-controversial information. Your articles, however, make heavy use of primary sources. This is a problem with respect to verifiability, in many cases, because profiles written for an academy or for a prize are often dodgy, and using a person's research articles to summarize their research is even worse, because it is essentially your summary of their research. Such sources are even more of a problem with respect to neutrality, because they are liable to give undue weight to awards, or supposed landmarks. For example: the hook you just proposed for Vijay Kumar Kapahi is based on a dodgy web source, and on Kapahi's own paper; neither of which is truly appropriate for an exceptional claim about Kapahi. I've started a discussion about this at WT:DYK. This sort of phenomenon seems to be widespread in your work. Please keep in mind that a solid stub is far superior to a start-class article filled with puffery, even if the latter gets you more points in the Wikicup. Regards, Vanamonde (talk) 11:59, 29 May 2017 (UTC)
 * , Hi mate, Ever since I started my work here at Wikipedia almost twelve years ago in 2006, I have tried to create articles on achievers who are not in the limelight but yet are notable. As scientists, unlike political figures and media personalities, do not command much media attention, reliable information about them are generally available only in institutional sources. Here, the choice of institutions may be important and should be made based on credibility. I have mostly relied on credible sources like major Indian science academies viz. Indian Academy of Sciences, The World Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, India and Indian National Science Academy, web pages of scientific bodies like Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, and institutions such as Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and Indian Institutes of Technology. Whenever I used a scientific paper by the subject or by others, it was only for secondary references. Further, I believe I have not involved in any false praise in my articles, even though it is up to others to judge the reliability of the references. Wikicup or such fun games are least of my priorities and I got involved in it only because of the friendly request of one of my fellow editors here. Anyway, I am not continuing with my participation there as it only impedes my basic work.--jojo@nthony (talk) 13:21, 29 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Tachs. Like I said, the effort itself is admirable: my issues are with the specifics. You are right in saying that secondary sources are often difficult to find. However, you have to recognize that even major institutions have a vested interest in promoting their own members. Thus, even if generally reliable for basic factual information, using institutional sources for analysis and/or exceptional claims is a problem. This is particularly true for awards. Awards are a dime a dozen in many academic disciplines. The significance of an award is only determined by coverage in independent sources; whereas institutional sources, and websites for awards themselves, are not much help in this regard. I am not suggesting that you are deliberately introducing puffery into articles; far from it. I am suggesting that the topic limits the nature of the sources available, and so you then have to be extremely careful to avoid unintentionally introducing puffery into the articles. I've written pieces on scientists myself: I know it's difficult. Vanamonde (talk) 13:32, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

Tachs, a further note. I noticed that you have nominated several of your articles at GAN. I am not going to review those at the moment; as long we are in the same Wikicup group, that is best avoided. However, virtually all of them have a tendency to read like curriculum vitae than encyclopedia articles. I know this is not intentional. However, as I have mentioned above, it is a probably consequence of relying too much on non-neutral primary sources. For instance, it is not necessary to list each and every award that an individual has received. Personally I'd recommend only listing those awards highlighted by third party sources. Also, having an extensive list of publications and patents is poor form indeed. Ideally, you should mention a handful (ie 5-6) of the most cited works; that's all. this, for instance, is quite excessive. Regards, Vanamonde (talk) 04:55, 8 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your comments. I tend to be an inclusionist and my concept of an encyclopedia is where all available information in this universe is accessible from it, including the bio of the grocer next door. However, I understand this is not feasible due to several reasons. People visit an encyclopedia for referencing and seldom for casual reading. When it comes to scientists and science in general, I support WP:PRIMARYNOTBAD. Many of the newspaper articles just grab information from these so-called secondary sources and publish them without even checking their veracity, a fact I have noticed during my experience here. This erases the thin line between secondary and third party sources. Cheers !! --jojo@nthony (talk) 06:26, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
 * You are entitled to your philosophy, of course; and in some ways I would agree with you, especially when it comes to wanting to see coverage of obscure topics. However, having information about a topic is not the same as including all available information. Furthermore, long lists of publications and so forth probably contravene WP:NOTPROMO as well; so I'd strongly suggest you heavily prune such lists both in your existing and forthcoming articles. Vanamonde (talk) 06:34, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Ranganathan Shashidhar
Mifter (talk) 00:17, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Vijay Kumar Kapahi
Mifter (talk) 00:02, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Biswa Ranjan Nag
Hello! Your submission of Biswa Ranjan Nag at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 15:59, 3 June 2017 (UTC) 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 15:59, 3 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Gave it a 👍. 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 18:15, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Deepak Dhar
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Gave it a √ ¡FORCE RADICAL (talk) 08:42, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Muthusamy Lakshmanan
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DYK for Biswa Ranjan Nag
Vanamonde (talk) 00:02, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Shasanka Mohan Roy
Mifter (talk) 00:02, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Muthusamy Lakshmanan
Mifter (talk) 00:42, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Deepak Kumar (physicist)
Mifter (talk) 00:13, 16 June 2017 (UTC)

Book chapters
I'd suggest you use the "cite encyclopedia" template for book chapters, which will allow you to name both the book and the chapter; otherwise, an entry under the "chapters" section does not mention the subject of the article by name, making people wonder why you are including it. Vanamonde (talk) 05:06, 21 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks mate. --jojo@nthony (talk) 08:30, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

DYK for N. V. Madhusudana
--IronGargoyle (talk) 01:36, 30 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 05:38, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Deepak Dhar
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DYK for Deepak Dhar
Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:02, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

What a treat...
...it was for me to stumble onto you. Gabor B. Racz is on my watchlist, and when I saw the edit you made, I was curious to know who paid such close attention to detail. A visit to your user page answered my question. You are an amazing Wikipedian. Atsme 📞📧 01:55, 18 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi Mate, thanks for the kind words. --jojo@nthony (talk) 05:50, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

List of programs broadcast by Disney Channel (Portugal)
Hey, I'd like to let you know that I reverted your disambiguation on this article as it has been the subject of IP vandalism over the past few months. You might want to perform this disambiguation again, as the last stable revision did not include your disambiguation. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 01:12, 5 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 06:26, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Adding to lists of alumni
Hi Tachs. Please note that per WP:ALUMNI "Individual alumni need a citation to a) verify that they did indeed attend the school, and b) verify the statement of their notability in their short one- or two-line description. When alumni have their own articles in mainspace, it is not necessary for their notability to be referenced, as long as it is done in the biographical articles." (my emphasis) So, a source is not needed for notability if it exists on their own article but a source is still needed for verifying they attended the school. --Muhandes (talk) 17:56, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Mate, all the inclusions I have made have referenced mention about the institution in their articles. The listings where I added the names did not follow the practice of inline citations and had already been tagged for improvement. Trust this clarifies. Cheers !! --jojo@nthony (talk) 19:44, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I know these lists are a mess, and I try to improve them when I find the time, but at the very least I try to make sure newer editions are not made without a source. I ended up adding sources for all those you added on articles I watch. Best regards. --Muhandes (talk) 23:22, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Mate, I will add the sources in future, apologize for the trouble caused. Cheers !!--jojo@nthony (talk) 05:42, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Much appreciated, cheers! --Muhandes (talk) 08:11, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Impressive! --Muhandes (talk) 17:02, 8 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Mate, I created most of those articles and added the names to the lists subsequently, so it was only fair that I cleaned up the mess I had created. I have made the same mistake in some other lists as well; I intend to clean them up as I revisit them along the way. Thanks for getting this to my notice and thanks for the appreciation. Cheers!!--jojo@nthony (talk) 03:27, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia Asian Month 2017: Invitation to Participate


Hello! Last year, you signed up to participate in Wikipedia Asian Month (WAM) 2016 on the English Wikipedia. The event was an international success, with hundreds of editors creating thousands of articles on Asian topics across dozens of different language versions of Wikipedia.

I'd like to invite you to join us for Wikipedia Asian Month 2017, which once again lasts through the month of November. The goal is for users to create new articles on Asian-related content, each at least 3,000 bytes and 300 words in length. Editors who create at least four articles will receive a Wikipedia Asian Month postcard!

Also be sure to check out the Wikipedia Asian Art Month affiliate event - creating articles on Asian art topics can get you a Metropolitan Museum of Art postcard!

If you're interested, please sign up here for the English Wikipedia. If you are interested in also working on other language editions of Wikipedia, please visit the meta page to see other participating projects. If you have any questions, please visit our talk page.

Thank you!

- User:SuperHamster and User:Titodutta on behalf of The English Wikipedia WAM Team

This will be the last message you receive from the English Wikipedia WAM team for being a 2016 participant. If you sign up for WAM 2017, you will continue receiving periodic updates on the 2017 event.

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)

WikiCup 2018
So the 2017 WikiCup has come to an end. Congratulations to the winner, to the other finalists and to all those who took part. 177 contestants signed up, more than usual, but not all of them submitted entries in the first round. Were editors attracted by the cash prizes offered for the first time this year, or were these irrelevant? Do the rules and scoring need changing for the 2018 WikiCup? If you have a view on these or other matters, why not join in the WikiCup discussion about next year's contest? , and. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:59, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Train-the-Trainer 2018: Invitation to participate
Hello, it gives us great pleasure to inform that the Train-the-Trainer (TTT) 2018 programme organised by CIS-A2K is going to be held from 26–28 January 2018.


 * What is TTT?
 * Train the Trainer or TTT is a residential training program. The program attempts to groom leadership skills among the Indian Wikimedia community members. Earlier TTT have been conducted in 2013, 2015, 2016, and 2017.


 * Who should join?
 * An editor who is interested to conduct real-life and online Wiki-events such as outreach, workshop, GLAM, edit-a-thon, photowalk etc.
 * Any active Wikimedian contributing to any Indic language Wikimedia project is eligible to apply.
 * An editor must have 500+ edits.
 * Anyone who have already participated in an earlier iteration of TTT, can not apply.

Please see more about this program at: CIS-A2K/Events/Train the Trainer Program/2018. Please fill this form to show your interest to join. The last date of signing up is 7 December 2017. If you have any question, please let us know.

On behalf of Titodutta. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk •&#32;mail) 11:24, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of M. J. Thirumalachar
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article M. J. Thirumalachar 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 Cwmhiraeth -- Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:01, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
 * . Thanks, will wait for your comments. --jojo@nthony (talk) 11:11, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

New Page Reviewing

 * As a side note, it can be a good place to find new DYK candidates. —  Insertcleverphrasehere (or here)  04:41, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the invite Mate. I am not sure how much time I can spend on new page reviewing as it may impede the progress of my current project, which is article creation on scientists. Still, I will try as and when I can. --jojo@nthony (talk) 06:06, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
 * If you are busy elsewhere, don't worry about it mate. Just an invite. —  Insertcleverphrasehere (or here)  08:55, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of M. J. Thirumalachar
The article M. J. Thirumalachar you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:M. J. Thirumalachar 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 Cwmhiraeth -- Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:41, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Shyam Swarup Agarwal
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Your GA nomination of Shyam Swarup Agarwal
The article Shyam Swarup Agarwal you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Shyam Swarup Agarwal 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 Cwmhiraeth -- Cwmhiraeth (talk) 14:21, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
 * User:Cwmhiraeth Thanks mate...--jojo@nthony (talk) 05:22, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

Sourcing
Hi. As I go round cleaning up predatory open access journals, I often find articles created or substantially edited by you. The issue is easily understood: these journals prey heavily on Indian scientists in particular. A lot of fake journals recruit Indian academics to their editorial boards. Equally, there is some resume inflation going on, which is undoubtedly also cultural. Could I ask, please, that you check your sources in these references: http://www.scijournal.org/, http://mjl.clarivate.com/, https://doaj.org/. Also please avoid linking to sales pages on Amazon and other booksellers, the ISBN magic word sorts this out in a neutral way.

I appreciate your work in documenting notable Indian scientists. Thanks, Guy (Help!) 09:32, 21 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi mate, Thanks for getting me the links, I was searching for a tool to check the journal status. It is difficult to keep the names in mind and this would really help. Cheers!! --jojo@nthony (talk) 11:36, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. I have a searchable list at user:JzG/Predatory, but it does contain some false positives. Guy (Help!) 11:58, 21 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Great --jojo@nthony (talk) 12:00, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Wikigraphists Bootcamp (2018 India)
Greetings,

It is being planned to organize Wikigraphists Bootcamp in India, please fill out the survey form to help the organizers. Your responses will help organizers understand what level of demand there is for the event (how many people in your community think it is important that the event happens). At the end of the day, the participants will turn out to have knowledge to create drawings, illustrations, diagrams, maps, graphs, bar charts etc. and get to know to how to tune the images to meet the QI and FP criteria. For more information and link to survey form, please visit Talk:Wikigraphists Bootcamp (2018 India). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:46, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of Sudhir M. Parikh for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Sudhir M. Parikh is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Sudhir M. Parikh until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Iago Qnsi (talk) 22:45, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Nuggehalli Raghuveer Moudgal
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Your GA nomination of Narinder Kumar Mehra
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Your GA nomination of Nuggehalli Raghuveer Moudgal
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Your GA nomination of Narinder Kumar Mehra
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Your GA nomination of E. S. Raja Gopal
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Your GA nomination of E. S. Raja Gopal
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Your GA nomination of Chanchal Kumar Majumdar
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Your GA nomination of Chanchal Kumar Majumdar
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