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Discussion notice about amusement parksPlease see the discussion at WT:WikiProject Amusement Parks#Status field for Amusement Park infoboxes. Thanks. --GoneIn60 (talk) 15:53, 18 January 2022 (UTC) Note about merging pagesHi, Can you please to not undo the note about pages merge here 2022 boycott of Russia and Belarus. I'm trying to de-dup and merge two almost identical contents and contributors still updating both pages. Any other suggestions? Thanks DmitryShpak (talk) 19:13, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
Thanks. DmitryShpak (talk) 06:41, 12 March 2022 (UTC) Thanks for opening the ANI on that IP. We gave them every chance... Meters (talk) 20:33, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Iron GwaziHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Iron Gwazi you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Your GA nomination of Iron GwaziThe article Iron Gwazi you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold Your GA nomination of Iron GwaziThe article Iron Gwazi you nominated as a good article has passed DYK for Iron Gwazi On 11 July 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Iron Gwazi, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that it took seven years for Gwazi, a pair of dueling wooden roller coasters, to be refurbished into the hybrid roller coaster Iron Gwazi? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Iron Gwazi. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Iron Gwazi), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. — Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 11 July 2022 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Tigris (roller coaster)Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Tigris (roller coaster) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Your GA nomination of Tigris (roller coaster)The article Tigris (roller coaster) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold Your GA nomination of Tigris (roller coaster)The article Tigris (roller coaster) you nominated as a good article has passed Your GA nomination of Cheetah HuntHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Cheetah Hunt you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Your GA nomination of Cheetah HuntThe article Cheetah Hunt you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold Your GA nomination of Cheetah HuntThe article Cheetah Hunt you nominated as a good article has passed DYK for Tigris (roller coaster)On 28 August 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tigris (roller coaster), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the design of the train for the roller coaster Tigris was revealed in the form of a cake? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tigris (roller coaster). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Tigris (roller coaster)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Vanamonde 12:04, 28 August 2022 (UTC) DYK for Cheetah HuntOn 5 September 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cheetah Hunt, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the design of Cheetah Hunt (pictured) was inspired by a Star Wars film? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cheetah Hunt. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Cheetah Hunt), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 05:33, 7 September 2022 (UTC) DYK for Jolly Rancher RemixOn 27 September 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jolly Rancher Remix, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that riders on the Jolly Rancher Remix can smell one of five randomly chosen Jolly Rancher flavors? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jolly Rancher Remix. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Jolly Rancher Remix), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Vanamonde 00:02, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 02:20, 28 September 2022 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Roller SoakerHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Roller Soaker you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Your GA nomination of Roller SoakerThe article Roller Soaker you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold Your GA nomination of Roller SoakerThe article Roller Soaker you nominated as a good article has passed That is a very nice looking dog!I see you reviewed my one or two-sentence user page. There's not much there, but I figured someone would review it soon. I'm still pretty new, but I was stalking the help desks for a while as an IP, and finally got an account name. Thanks. David10244 (talk) 01:26, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
DYK for Roller SoakerOn 18 October 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Roller Soaker, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that riding on the Roller Soaker was described as going through a "car wash with the top down"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Roller Soaker. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Roller Soaker), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 03:31, 19 October 2022 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Great Bear (roller coaster)Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Great Bear (roller coaster) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Your GA nomination of Loch Ness Monster (roller coaster)Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Loch Ness Monster (roller coaster) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Your GA nomination of Loch Ness Monster (roller coaster)The article Loch Ness Monster (roller coaster) you nominated as a good article has passed DYK for Loch Ness Monster (roller coaster)On 30 October 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Loch Ness Monster (roller coaster), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that there is a Loch Ness Monster in Williamsburg, Virginia? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Loch Ness Monster (roller coaster). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Loch Ness Monster (roller coaster)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. — Maile (talk) 00:03, 30 October 2022 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Great Bear (roller coaster)The article Great Bear (roller coaster) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold Your GA nomination of Great Bear (roller coaster)The article Great Bear (roller coaster) you nominated as a good article has passed Preciousroller coasters with a smile  Thank you for quality articles around roller coasters such as Great Bear (roller coaster), Tigris (roller coaster) and Time Traveler (roller coaster), for the timeline of St. Petersburg, Florida, for nice reviewing and a wow user page, - user enjoying the life on Tampa Bay with a smile, you are an awesome Wikipedian! You are recipient no. 2774 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:11, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
Iron Gwazi
Your GA nomination of SooperDooperLooperHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article SooperDooperLooper you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Your GA nomination of SooperDooperLooperThe article SooperDooperLooper you nominated as a good article has passed DYK for Great Bear (roller coaster)On 19 November 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Great Bear (roller coaster), which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that the roller coaster Great Bear is named after the constellation Ursa Major? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Great Bear (roller coaster). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Great Bear (roller coaster)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 19 November 2022 (UTC) DYK for SooperDooperLooperOn 22 November 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article SooperDooperLooper, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the name of the SooperDooperLooper was picked when a Hershey executive was outvoted by his wife and children? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/SooperDooperLooper. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, SooperDooperLooper), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. — Maile (talk) 00:03, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 04:07, 23 November 2022 (UTC) ArbCom 2022 Elections voter message Hello! Voting in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 12 December 2022. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2022 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add WikiProject Amusement Parks reliable source discussion Hi, Adog. Your input is requested at WikiProject Amusement Parks, as there is a discussion about the reliability of some sources which can be found at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Amusement Parks#Reliable source discussion. Thank you!
Harobouri T • C (he/him) 16:33, 3 December 2022 (UTC) Welcome to the 2023 WikiCup!Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2023 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:16, 1 January 2023 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Jolly Rancher RemixHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Jolly Rancher Remix you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Your GA nomination of Jolly Rancher RemixThe article Jolly Rancher Remix you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold Your GA nomination of Jolly Rancher RemixThe article Jolly Rancher Remix you nominated as a good article has passed WikiCup 2023 March newsletterSo ends the first round of the 2023 WikiCup. Everyone with a positive score moved on to Round 2, with 54 contestants qualifying. The top scorers in Round 1 were:
The top sixteen contestants at the end of Round 1 had all scored over 300 points; these included These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. The first round finished on February 26. Remember that any content promoted after that date but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. 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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:36, 2 March 2023 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Flight Deck (California's Great America)The article Flight Deck (California's Great America) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold Your GA nomination of Flight Deck (California's Great America)The article Flight Deck (California's Great America) you nominated as a good article has passed Your GA nomination of New Mexico RattlerThe article New Mexico Rattler you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold Your GA nomination of New Mexico RattlerThe article New Mexico Rattler you nominated as a good article has passed Barnstar
DYK for Flight Deck (California's Great America)On 22 April 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Flight Deck (California's Great America), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a man dropped his hat while riding Flight Deck and went to retrieve it, but ended up dying after being struck by the foot of a rider? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Flight Deck (California's Great America). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Flight Deck (California's Great America)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Aoidh (talk) 00:03, 22 April 2023 (UTC) WikiCup 2023 May newsletterThe second round of the 2023 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to have scored 60 points to advance into round 3. Our top five scorers in round 2 all included a featured article among their submissions and each scored over 500 points. They were:
Other notable performances were put in by So far contestants have achieved thirteen featured articles between them, one being a joint effort, and forty-nine good articles. The judges are pleased with the thorough reviews that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. 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. 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 Wikipedia: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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:14, 2 May 2023 (UTC) Iron GwaziJust a quick side note that I noticed you removed "early" from "early 2021". Totally fine if you're OK with that, but the point I was making is that when you have the month and year, then terms like "early" and "late" aren't needed. In other words, it would be just fine to say "early 2021" or "March 2021", just not something combined like "early March 2021" unless another event is describe in "late March 2021". Hope that makes sense! --GoneIn60 (talk) 15:21, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
Just an FYI in case you weren't already aware, you can ping the FAC coordinators if needed to perform the necessary spot checks, which might be a good idea after receiving support from Epicgenius (assuming that happens). Instructions on how to ping are at WP:FAC. --GoneIn60 (talk) 15:13, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
Recent minor changesJust dropping a quick note that I made a few more changes that hopefully you are ok with. Another thing I noticed is that the lead length has increased from 338 words, 16 sentences to about 360 words, 17 sentences. Per MOS:LEADLENGTH, it should be right in the middle of 2-3 paragraphs, and the guideline notes that most FA leads are about 300 words, 10-15 sentences. Seems like it is trending in the wrong direction. Do you see any other opportunities to trim it just a tad? If not, I'm sure it will be fine either way, but just a thought! --GoneIn60 (talk) 15:02, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
Fury 325Saw your recent revert at Fury 325, but I was actually already in the process of adding another source. Looks like my edit overrode yours. Since the NYT actually pointed out that the report came from a bystander, it's probably relevant enough to mention it on Wikipedia. Just my 2¢, but feel free to take it to the talk page if you'd like to discuss further. Thanks! -- GoneIn60 (talk) 02:10, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
WikiCup 2023 July newsletterThe third round of the 2023 WikiCup has come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 175 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
Contestants achieved 11 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 47 good articles, 72 featured or good article reviews, over 100 DYKs and 40 ITN appearances. As always, 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. 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 Wikipedia: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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:17, 8 July 2023 (UTC) Promotion of Iron Gwazi
Congratulations, Adog! The article you nominated, Iron Gwazi, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:05, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
Congratulations on a great accomplishment. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 05:00, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
Talkback You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. — Prodraxis {talk • contribs} (she/her) 22:05, 26 July 2023 (UTC) Triple Crown
August 2023 Good Article Nominations backlog drive
Your GA nomination of Rampage (roller coaster)Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Rampage (roller coaster) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Your GA nomination of Rampage (roller coaster)The article Rampage (roller coaster) you nominated as a good article has passed Put my edits back on steel vengeanceElturo Ryan is one of the best sources of information he has a lot of insider information Thewriter806 (talk) 13:21, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
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DanCherek (talk) 22:33, 17 August 2023 (UTC) DYK for Rampage (roller coaster)On 25 August 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rampage (roller coaster), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Rampage was said to cause "an adrenaline-induced tingle"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rampage (roller coaster). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Rampage (roller coaster)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Z1720 (talk) 12:03, 25 August 2023 (UTC) TFA details for Iron GwaziHey Adog, congrats on getting the TFA approved! These are typically copyedited and modified prior to the actual date it's posted, so I went ahead and made some changes. Please review them at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/September 25, 2023, and feel free to modify further or undo any that you disagree with. Thanks! --GoneIn60 (talk) 07:35, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
Thank you today for the article, with the possibly longest FAC introduction in history: "Can you believe one of the world's most recently acclaimed roller coasters is located in the wetlands and jungles of Tampa, Florida? That is a bit of a stretch, but the attraction's history is fascinating. Before my parents were born, Anheuser-Busch (A-B) built a brewery in Tampa, which opened in 1959. To stand out, August Busch Jr. also built landscaped gardens that opened with the brewery to attract community members. The park was such a hit that it began to add more; years and decades passed, transforming the simple brewery and gardens into a fully functional theme park: Busch Gardens Tampa. In time, A-B built more significant and better breweries, making its Tampa plant obsolete. - As part of an ever-innovating industry, the owners closed and demolished the brewery, building two dueling wooden roller coasters in its place, Gwazi. ... A roller coaster manufacturer business prominently emerged when it sat dormant, transforming old wooden roller coasters into steel behemoths. Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) began giving life to expired wooden roller coasters, who were soon hired by SeaWorld Entertainment to revive Gwazi. RMC re-used portions of both dueling track support structures and concrete footings to create a single roller coaster. Once having a reputation for two rough, uncomfortable rides became a smooth, fast-paced, and thrilling steel-track roller coaster, Iron Gwazi. ... The roller coaster went on to be voted as the best new roller coaster for 2022 in Amusement Todays Golden Ticket Awards, one of the highest achieving awards in the amusement industry."! - Enjoy your first TFA, - I hope it's a smooth ride! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:19, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
WikiCup 2023 September newsletterThe fourth round of the competition has finished, with anyone scoring less than 673 points being eliminated. It was a high scoring round with all but one of the contestants who progressed to the final having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were
Between them during round 4, contestants achieved 12 featured articles, 3 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 126 good articles, 46 DYK entries, 14 ITN entries, 67 featured article candidate reviews and 147 good article reviews. Congratulations to our eight finalists and 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 and within 24 hours of the end of the final. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia: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. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. I will be standing down as a judge after the end of the contest. I think the Cup encourages productive editors to improve their contributions to Wikipedia and I hope that someone else will step up to take over the running of the Cup. Sturmvogel 66 (talk), and Cwmhiraeth (talk) Thank you for helping out with the GAN backlog drive
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More vilenessGleetus left a very vile message on own Talk page after being blocked. I deleted it and added "Tsk, tsk." Cullen subsequently blocked Talk page access, so that should be the end of hearing from Gleetus. David notMD (talk) 03:55, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
Do you do GAN review requests?Hi there, I want to ask; do you do GAN review requests? If so, can you review my nomination for Australian rock band AC/DC? It's my first nomination, and I would like for you to review it. Thanks! — VAUGHAN J. (TALK) 04:14, 14 September 2023 (UTC)
A belated welcome to the club
Precious anniversary
Joining the admiration for your first FA! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:49, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
WikiCup 2023 November newsletterThe WikiCup is a marathon rather than a sprint and all those reaching the final round have been involved in the competition for the last ten months, improving Wikipedia vastly during the process. After all this hard work,
Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the competition, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.
The WikiCup has run every year since 2007. With the 2023 contest now concluded, I will be standing down as a judge due to real life commitments, so I hope that another editor will take over running the competition. Please get in touch if you are interested. Next year's competition will hopefully begin on 1 January 2024. You are invited to sign up to participate in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors. It only remains to congratulate our worthy winners once again and thank all participants for their involvement! (If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.) Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:51, 5 November 2023 (UTC) ArbCom 2023 Elections voter messageHello! Voting in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 11 December 2023. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2023 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add Welcome to the 2024 WikiCup!Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2024 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close on 31 January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius (talk · contribs · email), and Frostly (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:21, 1 January 2024 (UTC) WikiCup 2024 February newsletterThe 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017. Our current leader is newcomer
As a reminder, competitors may submit work for the first round until 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February, and the second round starts 1 March. Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round; currently, competitors need at least 15 points to progress. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:57, 11 February 2024 (UTC) March 2024 GAN backlog drive
(t · c) buidhe 02:39, 23 February 2024 (UTC) WikiCup 2024 March newsletterThe first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2. The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points:
In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to Remember that any content promoted after 27 February 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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:40, 28 February 2024 (UTC) Orphaned non-free image File:Busch Gardens Tampa Bay logo.png Thanks for uploading File:Busch Gardens Tampa Bay logo.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media). Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 02:11, 11 April 2024 (UTC) WikiCup 2024 April newsletterWe are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round. Our current top scorers are as follows:
Competitors may submit work for the second round until the end of 28 April, and the third round starts 1 May. Remember that only competitors with the top 32 scores will make it through to the third round. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs. As a reminder, competitors are strictly prohibited from gaming Wikipedia policies or processes to receive more points. If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please read Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:05, 12 April 2024 (UTC) WikiCup 2024 May newsletterThe second round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 April. This round was particularly competitive: each of the 32 contestants who advanced to Round 3 scored at least 141 points. This is the highest number of points required to advance to Round 3 since 2014. The following scorers in Round 2 all scored more than 500 points:
The full scores for Round 2 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76 in the news credits and at least 200 did you know credits. They have conducted 165 featured article reviews, as well as 399 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 21 articles to featured topics and good topics. Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed during Round 3, which starts on 1 May at 00:00 (UTC). 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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:37, 29 April 2024 (UTC) WikiCup 2024 July newsletterThe third round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 June. As with Round 2, this round was competitive: each of the 16 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 256 points. The following editors all scored more than 400 points in Round 3:
The full scores for round 3 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92 in the news credits, and at least 285 did you know credits. They have conducted 279 featured article reviews, as well as 492 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 22 articles to featured topics and good topics. Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed during Round 4, which starts on 1 July at 00:00 (UTC). 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 for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:29, 29 June 2024 (UTC) WikiCup 2024 August newsletterThe fourth round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 29 August. Each of the 8 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 472 points, and the following contestants scored more than 700 points:
Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated. Contestants put in extraordinary amounts of effort during this round, and their scores can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 36 featured articles, 55 featured lists, 15 good articles, 93 in the news credits, and at least 333 did you know credits. They have conducted 357 featured content reviews, as well as 553 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 30 articles to featured topics and good topics. Any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed during Round 5, which starts on 1 September at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. 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 for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Remember to claim your points within 14 days of earning them, and importantly, before the deadline on 31 October. If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:11, 30 August 2024 (UTC) woof woofwoof bark woof woof bark pant woof pant pant pant woof bark pant HurricaneKirk2024 (talk) 05:24, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
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Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2025 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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:48, 1 November 2024 (UTC) Precious anniversary
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Flags of micronationsI'm sorry Adog but I believe there to have been a misunderstanding as New Atlantis is an official micronation flag and I found the flag on the Wikipedia commons. There are two Micronations claiming to be called New Atlantis However one is outdated and no longer exists. NewAtlantisofficalgovernment (talk) 16:18, 11 November 2024 (UTC)
Kingda Ka SoundtrackHello Adog, just recently you removed some information I wrote on the Kingda Ka page regarding its soundtrack due to my lack of source. However, this information was all from my own observation inside the park. Is there anyway I can post that info with the source being my own observation? Or do I have to find one that backs me up? Jdavis2372 (talk) 19:21, 11 November 2024 (UTC)
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