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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)

Template:Did you know nominations/2018–19 RFU Championship
Hello The C of E. Based on the flow of the discussion and the concerns raised by other users, I regret to inform you that I have now marked the nomination for closure as unsuccessful. I wish you good luck in your future DYK nominations and hope your next ones will be more successful. Thank you and happy editing. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:17, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:02, 8 September 2018 (UTC)


 * I have to say that initially I thought this was a joke, i.e. before clicking the link at DYK; my first thought was that Queen (band) offered pictures of themselves to everyone :-) But this is good work, covering the major points of the subject without wasting time/space on news reporting as is present on so many articles.  Nyttend (talk) 12:42, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

DYKs for upcoming dates?
Hi The C of E, I notice that we both have DYKs that could be used for upcoming dates. I know I'm concerned that no one will review the DYK for Betsabeé Romero in time, even though it could be suitable for the imminent Day of the Dead. Would you be willing to "trade" reviews? i.e. I could do a review of Purple poppy in a timely fashion, if you could do Betsabeé Romero. I promise that the article is in pretty good shape -- I ran it through Earwig myself after I finished writing it -- so although it is long, I don't think it will be a terribly arduous review. I will certainly understand if you are too busy. Hopefully yours, Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 20:37, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi The C of E, I've reviewed Purple poppy.  I have one minor suggestion with respect to the hook and image caption, but otherwise it all looks good.  Thanks again, Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 04:12, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018 November newsletter
The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is, who over the course of the competition has amassed 147 GAs, 111 GARs, 9 DYKs, 4 FLs and 1 ITN. Our finalists were as follows:



All those who reached the final win awards, and awards will also be going to the following participants:


 * wins the FA prize, for three featured articles in round 2.
 * wins the GA prize, for 92 good articles in round 3.
 * wins the FL prize, for five featured lists overall.
 * wins the topic prize, for 30 articles in good topics overall.
 * wins the DYK prize, for 24 did you know articles in round 3.
 * wins the ITN prize, for 17 in the news articles overall.
 * wins the GAR prize, for 43 good article reviews in round 1.

Awards will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved much this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition.

Next year's competition begins on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; it is open to all Wikipedians, new and old. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2019 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.

DYK for Purple poppy
Alex Shih (talk) 00:01, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Super League XXIV
Please return to this nomination soon, otherwise it may be marked for closure as stale. Thanks. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 01:06, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.15 16 November 2018
Hello ,
 * Community Wishlist Survey – NPP needs you – Vote NOW
 * Community Wishlist Voting takes place 16 to 30 November for the Page Curation and New Pages Feed improvements, and other software requests. The NPP community is hoping for a good turnout in support of the requests to Santa for the tools we need. This is very important as we have been asking the Foundation for these upgrades for 4 years.


 * If this proposal does not make it into the top ten, it is likely that the tools will be given no support at all for the foreseeable future. So please put in a vote today.


 * We are counting on significant support not only from our own ranks, but from everyone who is concerned with maintaining a Wikipedia that is free of vandalism, promotion, flagrant financial exploitation and other pollution.


 * With all 650 reviewers voting for these urgently needed improvements, our requests would be unlikely to fail. See also The Signpost Special report: 'NPP: This could be heaven or this could be hell for new users – and for the reviewers', and if you are not sure what the wish list is all about, take a sneak peek at an article in this month's upcoming issue of The Signpost which unfortunately due to staff holidays and an impending US holiday will probably not be published until after voting has closed.

Go here to remove your name if you wish to opt-out of future mailings. —  Insertcleverphrasehere (or here) 18:37, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

Super League XXIV
Some suggestions for the article have been left on the DYK nomination page. Please respond to them so that this can move forward. Thanks. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 09:29, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

Removing other users comments
Is not something you should do with out very good reason (and you should state what that reason is when doing it).Slatersteven (talk) 16:49, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
 * It was an accident, finger slipped on the old laptop. Hence why I corrected it.  The C of E God Save the Queen!  ( talk ) 17:21, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

DYK nomination for Jack Brooksbank
I have comleted a second review at Template:Did you know nominations/Jack Brooksbank as per the sockpuppet issue. I noted a couple questions, when you have a moment to reply. Thank you. Flibirigit (talk) 01:57, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Jack Brooksbank
Mifter (talk) 12:02, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.16 15 December 2018
Hello ,

This year's award for the Reviewer of the Year goes to. Around on Wikipedia since 2011, their staggering number of 26,554reviews over the past twelve months makes them, together with an additional total of 275,285edits, one of Wikipedia's most prolific users.
 * Reviewer of the Year
 * Thanks are also extended for their work to (15,059 reviews),  (12,760reviews),  (9,001reviews),  (8,440reviews),  (8,092reviews),   (5,306reviews),  (4,153 reviews),  (4,016reviews),  and  (3,615reviews)., , , and  have been New Page Reviewers for less than a year — Barkeep49 for only sevenmonths, while , with an edit count of 250,000 since she joined Wikipedia in 2008, has been a bastion of New Page Patrol for many years.

See also the list of top100 reviewers.

The backlog is now approaching 5,000, and still rising. There are around 640holders of the NPR flag, most of whom appear to be inactive. The 10% of the reviewers who do 90% of the work could do with some support especially as some of them are now taking a well deserved break.
 * Less good news, and an appeal for some help

At #1 position, the Community Wishlist poll closed on 3December with a resounding success for NPP, reminding the WMF and the volunteer communities just how critical NPP is to maintaining a clean encyclopedia and the need for improved tools to do it. A big 'thank you' to everyone who supported the NPP proposals. See the results.
 * Really good news - NPR wins the Community Wishlist Survey 2019

Due to a number of changes having been made to the feed since this three-minutevideo was created, we have been asked by the WMF for feedback on the video with a view to getting it brought up to date to reflect the new features of the system. Please leave your comments here, particularly mentioning how helpful you find it for new reviewers. If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, go here. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:14, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Training video

DYK for Super League XXIV
— Maile (talk) 00:03, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Peace Dove Christmas
Happy Holidays. ― Buster7  &#9742;   23:07, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Lyrics
It may be my English but these lyrics sound like a dialogue of two, the singer and a boy, both in the first person. Can that please be fixed? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:15, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Green Groweth the Holly
Gatoclass (talk) 00:02, 25 December 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Shepherd's Pipe Carol
— Maile (talk) 12:02, 25 December 2018 (UTC)