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 * I invite you to join in Talk:2014 Hong Kong protests about the content. --George Ho (talk) 08:23, 10 November 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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 * Beeblebrox Thanks! pcfan500 (talk) 00:02, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

January 2015
I don't understand what was wrong with my edit on Mulaney. Jatremitiedi (talk) 13:05, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

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i want to delete my article.. please help me.. its may cause dangerous to my family — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ezzeyra (talk • contribs) 13:30, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm not an admin. What article? pcfan 500   talk &#124; my contribs  13:37, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

EAGLE program) advertising removal & your revert
Hi, I'm the one who editied the page. (I apologize for being not logged in, this is not my native wiki and it was just a simple/obvious edit. However,) I don't think the article was just better before. Reasons: The company named in the article was not related at all to the article's subject, but is named twice. It's just one of probably millions of users. Plus, I think it's not neccessary or of particular interest (related to the article's subject) to praise that this company is awesome because it had a corperation with a DIY magazine. This is not a good article, but advertising for company active in the US (not even globally popular – unlike EAGLE). The fact that this software is specially popular for eduction is missing now. I'd suggest to not revert it completely, but to take my edit as a starting point and change it, maybe like: "Some companies offer schematics of their products in EAGLE format; Sparkfun, for example". And yes, your English probably is better ;). Thanks! --Eliza Winterborn (talk) 15:50, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
 * OK, just remake the edit but add a source. pcfan 500   talk &#124; my contribs  02:39, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

re Gerald Hannon
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.147.111.85 (talk) 18:25, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
 * This wasn't a personal attack but a critiquing of your editing style. But talk pages are owned by the user and re-factoring by third parties is strictly forbidden. Just my two cents. --Ankit Maity «T § C» 13:13, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
 * OK, I won't do this again. Sorry. pcfan 500   talk &#124; my contribs  13:15, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

January 2015
re the Ynglings; Thank you for your advice. I guess I'll will be able to handle the technical bit better in the future! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kewuck (talk • contribs)

Regarding the deletion of Felix Nihamin & Associates, PC
Why would you resort to interfere in such a matter without prior information about the business. Microsoft is there on wikipedia as well, by that logic they should be deleted too, since it comes down to promotional material at the end of the day too.

The page has just been created and information is being added to it as we speak so that it can be maintained as a form of identity for the firm.

If the page is deleted upon your request then it shall be added again, and should any form of interference from your end without full information about our actions deter us from our work, then legal action shall be taken against you.

Hope this clears matters. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Felix Nihamin 1 (talk • contribs) 11:56, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
 * You are not allowed to make legal threats on Wikipedia. Also, your company does not meet the requirements for notability.  pcfan 500   talk &#124; my contribs  12:20, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Congratulations

 * Thank you!!! pcfan 500   talk &#124; my contribs  03:26, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

Israeli Firster CENSORSHIP
I think the least YOU can do is to give your real name is you are going to edit others work as YOU don't think it contributes to the conversation. That is what you call chicken shite journalistic bullying.

How freaking dare you edit it under some BS name.

I thought and many others think the control of this story is a very distorted and one side and YOU JUST PROVED MY VERY POINT.

Do you censor ALL people who disagree with Israel?

What is YOUR name? +

Jack Jett (MY NAME-MY COMMENT) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jack E. Jett (talk • contribs) 16:36, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
 * We have a right to anonymity to Wikipedia and I refuse to reveal my name. Read Username policy. It says that "it can be your real name, if you so choose". I choose not to use my real name. Wikipedia is not censored. You are adding a large amount of content that contravenes NPOV and it is also unsourced. Also, there is no need to be aggressive. I am open to civil discussion. TheCoffeeAddict   talk &#124; contribs  23:03, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

Just to be clear.
You are a high school student in Hong Kong who drinks a lot of coffee and within the Wikipedia rules you have the right to delete information made by others just because it differs from your opinion. Please be specific to what was incorrect. I have since researched this sort of activity and clearly from reading your (in your opinion) contributions you follow certain people and censor anything they post.

Add to that the fact that you can do this anonymously now helps me have a better understanding how to utilize Wikipedia in the future. I am at a disadvantage as you know who I am and clearly have a bias, yet I haven't a clue as to who you are. Tell me what it is that I can do to get you off my back. Am I just out of luck?

And this is a civil question. It seems as though you have some level of prejudice that needs to be addressed as there is a commonality in who YOU choose to edit. What is your particular prejudice towards me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jack E. Jett (talk • contribs) 16:48, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I have no prejudice towards anyone. Your content must be sourced. Do not re-make the edit until you have a verifiable source. Please be civil. You are not supposed to edit with a biased point of view. Wikipedia is neutral.  TheCoffeeAddict   talk &#124; contribs  00:47, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

ANI thread
Your last link does not work. &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  08:21, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Thanks for letting me know. TheCoffeeAddict   talk &#124; contribs  08:30, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Regarding the proposed speedy deletion of the New Zealand School of Export
I was wondering if I might have some reasons for the speedy deletion decision as this is the first Wikipage I have tried to put together and using the old literary advice about 'writing about something you know' that is exactly what I did. I also ensured that the support of the page by giving the links to the many external sources was in place. The New Zealand School of Export is an institution with many unique features including its charitable (not for profit) status. My concern is that Wikipedia carries lots of pages on our commercial overseas competitors but New Zealand doesn't get the same breaks as the big US corporate-funded schools. Is this a bias Wikipedia needs to address so as not to simply become a mouthpiece for the multinationals? How can we rewrite the page so as to ensure that New Zealand gets equality with overseas as we cannot compete on size or age of institutions! Any help would be very gratefully received as it is too easy to destroy but much harder to build. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.114.179.205 (talk) 22:53, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Recent edit to OK Computer
I simply changed the link to the correct pistol. the SAA was not the gun being referenced. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.97.210.52 (talk) 01:31, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

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Jason Dundas
Hi there. You could be my wife as she's definitely a coffee addict, ha ha.

Anyway, I'm writing to give some unsolicited feedback on your much appreciated cleanup efforts related to Jason Dundas. I believe you're spinning your wheels and engaging in overkill by starting an SPI and a COIN discussion. It's obvious enough (to me at least) that Jason used multiple accounts to engage in autobiographical editing. Whether he used the two accounts for improper purposes is beside the point. The more important thing is that the article needs to be cleaned up, possibly deleted or gutted. It's good to remember that we're here to build an encyclopedia, not to engage in policing for the sake of policing.

Meanwhile, as a lesser matter, there is a general guideline that experienced editors should not bite newcomers. This guy has restricted his limited editing to his own article. In my view he should be educated in a friendly and patient manner on why his editing practices to date have been inappropriate, rather than being dragged through harsh, unnecessary, and somewhat bureaucratic processes. There are certainly times for SPI and COIN, but these are generally limited to when problem editors become obstinate and defensive. Jason has shown no such tendency (so far). With some friendly mentoring perhaps he will someday even turn into a productive editor on other articles. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 18:05, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
 * OK, understood. I think, to be honest I over-reacted. I won't over-react like this again and "bite" the newcomers. Maybe, we should ask him to read WP:NEWBIE for guidance instead? I must admit, I may have over-reacted to COI editing and single purpose accounts.  TheCoffeeAddict   talk &#124; contribs  01:44, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
 * It's a matter of personal style. I like using the user templates for efficiency. Generally I start with welcome or welcome-ip if it's a new editor and a welcoming message is not there already. Then in this case I'd probably use uw-autobiography. uw-coi is also good choice. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 05:47, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

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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. 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.

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Norman Milliken
HI I didn't understand why you deleted my post on the Norman Milliken article shouldn't I point out that a 5 year standing Wikipedia confirms the fact the other individual denies is established. I appreciate your insight newish to Wikipedia but I have provided 4 books that reference this man and make this claim and Wikipedia already says it. I have no problem with your editing my comments out if... you review and give it a Keep otherwise isn't it relevant to the editors decision whether to keep or not Unionville (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 14:29, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

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  16:56, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015 September newsletter
The finals for the 2015 Wikicup has now begun! Congrats to the 8 contestants who have survived to the finals, and well done and thanks to everyone who took part in rounds 3 and 4.

In round 3, we had a three-way tie for qualification among the wildcard contestants, so we had 34 competitors. The leader was by far in Group B, who earned 1496 points. Although 913 of these points were bonus points, he submitted 15 articles in the DYK category. Second place overall was at 864 points, who although submitted just 2 FAs for 400 points, earned double that amount for those articles in bonus points. Everyone who moved forward to Round 4 earned at least 100 points.

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


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

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

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

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Norman Milliken second nomination for deletion
you deleted a comment I made on a nomination for deletion discussion page on this article in March 2015 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Norman_Milliken a second nomination for deletion has been made by the same individual for the same reasons and the article is unchanged https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Norman_Milliken_(2nd_nomination) Can you advise me as on wikipedia policies guidelines in this situation ?Unionville(talk)Unionville (talk) 14:06, 1 November 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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Prison School WP:STIKI reversion in error
This reversion to the Prison School Wikipedia page was in error as the anonymous user has donated original summaries to Wikipedia that are mostly fully compliant with MOS:PLOT (if a tad bit long). I believe these are a notable exception to the Wikipedia policy on citations however, I have seen lengthy "Plot" sections and episode summaries in thousands or even millions of Wikipedia pages that lack citations entirely (godknows how many times a Wikipedia reader revisits the site). Please clarify if this is a mistake or not as I want to avoid an edit war by reverting - a lack of citations was the reason given for the reversion. Speeditor  talk  19:09, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I must have forgotten the rule- must be an oversight! TheCoffeeAddict   talk &#124; contribs  13:31, 20 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Oh, that's cool. Hopefully @204.210.104.164 will pick up with the section expansion =D Speeditor   talk  16:54, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

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

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

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

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

If you have any questions or concerns, the judges can be reached on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, on their talk pages, or by email. We hope you will all join us in trying to make the 2015 WikiCup the most productive and enjoyable yet. You are receiving this message because you are listed on WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Figureskatingfan (talk), and Godot13 (talk).--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

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

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

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

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

WikiCup 2015 March newsletter


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

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

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)

Hi
Hi, I just want to say that I'm sorry that this "Genghis Khan" person keeps harassing and attacking you. Please don't let it get to you. Linguist 111 talk 17:12, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
 * , Let's look forward. I think eventually if we keep reverting this guy he would eventually quit and leave Wikipedia alone. But then he also harassed the stewards on Meta-Wiki and some of his accounts are globally locked for cross-wiki vandalism. And from what I heard from the CU, he constantly changes IP addresses, but eventually I think this Genghis Khan will get tired of his game. TheCoffeeAddict   talk &#124; contribs  02:44, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes. Most trolls of this kind get tired and move on fairly quickly, but a small minority of them persist for years. From my experience the method which is most effective in increasing the likelihood of it being sooner rather than later is revert, block, and ignore, because what they are after is the reward of seeing that they are creating a stir. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 09:10, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

Sorry
Hit the rollback button by accident. My mistake. TheCoffeeAddict  talk &#124; contribs  07:21, 3 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Huh? I have no idea what this message means?   Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 17:23, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I hit the rollback button on your edit on the Help Desk by accident (it was in my watch list and I carelessly hit rollback). Don't worry. I restored your edit. Won't happen again. TheCoffeeAddict   talk &#124; contribs  02:04, 4 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks. No problem.  Don't worry about it.  And thanks for the message, letting me know.  Take care.  Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 03:24, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

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Names
Any sockpuppet who self-identifies, or takes an excessive interest in pronouncing or perpetuating their name, is only craving attention. WP:DENY should be strictly applied. -- zzuuzz (talk) 09:31, 23 April 2016 (UTC)
 * OK, understood. I will stop tagging them from now on. TheCoffeeAddict   talk &#124; contribs  09:33, 23 April 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup 2016 May newsletter


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

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

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

hello coffee addict regarding Freddy Maguire on the boho article
Regarding your recent citing on my comments on the article been better before. i understand your concerns as my computer skills are not of a high quality but Freddy Maguire a young lad from boho co fermanagh a small area with 300 people, who has done exceptionally well for himself, i maybe shouldnt of high lighted his personal life. but i will repost it again without the personal life comments. if you refuse to accept it this time you will be getting a strongly worded letter from a well know activist on this wiki page for Boho. i had contacted her prior to putting this article up and she said it was fine for me to so

thanks Puds Duffy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.224.85.251 (talk) 07:17, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
 * This is the wrong place to be promoting yourself. TheCoffeeAddict   talk &#124; contribs  07:19, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

The Kingdom Come page
Hi. So, I reverted the singles to the actual ones that were released, and then you reverted them back. If you look it up, you'd know that the singles, for Jay-Z's Kingdom Come, that I put were correct, so why did you revert them back to the wrong singles? Not trying to be mean here but tf dude — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cookieboy32 (talk • contribs) 15:48, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

Hiya!
I wrote a message over at Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents. Have a nice day, The Quixotic Potato (talk) 16:46, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

Asian 10,000 Challenge invite
Hi. The WikiProject Asia/The 10,000 Challenge has recently started, based on the UK/Ireland The 10,000 Challenge and WikiProject Africa/The 10,000 Challenge. The idea is not to record every minor edit, but to create a momentum to motivate editors to produce good content improvements and creations and inspire people to work on more countries than they might otherwise work on. There's also the possibility of establishing smaller country or regional challenges for places like South East Asia, Japan/China or India etc, much like The 1000 Challenge (Nordic). For this to really work we need diversity and exciting content and editors from a broad range of countries regularly contributing. At some stage we hope to run some contests to benefit Asian content, a destubathon perhaps, aimed at reducing the stub count would be a good place to start, based on the current WikiProject Africa/The Africa Destubathon which has produced near 200 articles in just three days. If you would like to see this happening for Asia, and see potential in this attracting more interest and editors for the country/countries you work on please sign up and being contributing to the challenge! This is a way we can target every country of Asia, and steadily vastly improve the encyclopedia. We need numbers to make this work so consider signing up as a participant! Thank you. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 04:45, 21 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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RC Patrol-related Proposals in the 2016 Community Wishlist Survey
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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.

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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)

Ludwig Wittgenstein
Hello, TheCoffeeAddict. I am an editor with years of experience (much more than yours, as it happens) and I do not vandalize or make test edits at articles. So kindly don't patronize me by placing warnings for vandalism on my talk page, as you did here. It is unwelcome, foolish, and obnoxious. I ought to be able to dispute an unexplained edit by a brand new user at an article without you making spurious accusations of vandalism against me. FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk) 19:59, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

Block notice
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abusing multiple accounts. Note that multiple accounts are allowed, but not for illegitimate reasons, and any contributions made while evading blocks or bans may be reverted or deleted. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may request an unblock by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page:. Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 00:14, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

Edit for Shunem Article
I may be mistaken, but according to Google Maps, it looks very much like Shunem (Sulam) in Israel is a few miles NE of Mt. Gilboa (Ma'ale Gilbo'a). The article currently states that Shunem is south of Mt. Gilboa, hence my comment. Probably I didn't word things correctly; I just wanted to get the idea out there so the correction addressed by someone more familiar with Israel's geography.

Thanks50.96.221.66 (talk) 01:08, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018 March newsletter
And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. With 53 contestants qualifying, the groups for round 2 are slightly smaller than usual, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining users.

Our top scorers in round 1 were:


 * 🇺🇸 Aoba47 led the field with a featured article, 8 good articles and 42 GARs, giving a total of 666 points.
 * 🇩🇪 FrB.TG, a WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points, gained from a featured article and masses of bonus points.
 * 🇮🇳 Ssven2, another WikiCup newcomer, was in third place with 403 points, garnered from a featured article, a featured list, a good article and twelve GARs.
 * 🇺🇸 Ceranthor, 🇮🇳 Numerounovedant, Carbrera, 🇳🇱 Farang Rak Tham and 🇷🇴 Cartoon network freak all had over 200 points, but like all the other contestants, now have to start again from scratch. A good achievement was the 193 GARs performed by WikiCup contestants, comparing very favourably with the 54 GAs they achieved.

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. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews.

If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to 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 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) and Vanamonde (talk) 15:27, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018 May newsletter
The second round of the 2018 WikiCup has now finished. Most contestants who advanced to the next round scored upwards of 100 points, but two with just 10 points managed to scrape through into round 3. Our top scorers in the last round were:


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with three featured articles
 * Iazyges, with nine good articles and lots of bonus points
 * 🇮🇳 Yashthepunisher, a first time contestant, with two featured lists
 * SounderBruce, a finalist last year, with seventeen good topic articles
 * 🇺🇸 Usernameunique, a first time contestant, with fourteen DYKs
 * Muboshgu, a seasoned competitor, with three ITNs and
 * Courcelles, another first time contestant, with twenty-seven GARs

So far contestants have achieved twelve featured articles between them and a splendid 124 good articles. Commendably, 326 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2018 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. As we enter 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 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met; most of the GARs are fine, but a few have been a bit skimpy.

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 Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:10, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018 July newsletter
The third round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:


 * Courcelles, a first time contestant, with 1756 points, a tally built largely on 27 GAs related to the Olympics
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with two featured articles and three GAs on natural history and astronomy topics
 * SounderBruce, a finalist last year, with a variety of submissions related to transport in the state of Washington

Contestants managed 7 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 120 good articles, 1 good topic, 124 DYK entries, 15 ITN entries, and 132 good article reviews. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 458 GA reviews, in comparison to 244 good articles submitted for review and promoted. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process; several submissions, particularly in abstruse or technical areas, have needed additional work to make them completely verifiable.

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 Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk), Vanamonde (talk) 04:55, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018 September newsletter
The fourth round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The eight users who made it to the final round had to score a minimum of 422 points to qualify, with the top score in the round being 4869 points. The leaders in round 4 were:


 * Courcelles scored a magnificent 4869 points, with 92 good articles on Olympics-related themes. Courcelles' bonus points alone exceeded the total score of any of the other contestants!
 * Kees08 was second with 1155 points, including a high-scoring featured article for Neil Armstrong, two good topics and some Olympics-related good articles.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cas Liber, with 1066 points, was in third place this round, with two featured articles and a good article, all on natural history topics.
 * Other contestants who qualified for the final round were 🇲🇭 Nova Crystallis, Iazyges,  SounderBruce,  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Kosack and 🇺🇸 Ceranthor.

During round four, 6 featured articles and 164 good articles were promoted by WikiCup contestants, 13 articles were included in good topics and 143 good article reviews were performed. There were also 10 "in the news" contributions on the main page and 53 "did you knows". Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

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. 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, and let the best editor 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, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:31, 1 September 2018 (UTC)