User talk:Figureskatingfan/Archive 16
A barnstar for you!
Woman climbingI nominated "yours" for TFA: Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Fanny Bullock Workman, in women's history month, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:34, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
Falcon's FuryHey, Do you review FAC's? If so, would you mind reviewing Falcon's Fury for me please? If not, no worries! It's on its fourth nomination (the other three were closed because not enough people responded) so even if you know someone else who might be interested, it would help a lot! :) --Dom497 (talk) 19:28, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
Videos as citation sourcesI have a question regarding the use of videos as sources. In the performers section of 84th Academy Awards list, some users (including 'Atomic Meltdown) want to put the songs (or actually singing about the Best Picture nominees in tune with popular songs) that host Billy Crystal performed in his opening monologue. Atomic Meltdown uses this article from The Hollywood Reporter as a source. The article contains a video of Billy Crystal performing the songs, but the article itself does not say or indicate word for word in the text what he is actually singing (i.e. singing about Midnight in Paris to the tune of "The Last Time I Saw Paris"). I know what Crystal sang is true, but for the sake of Wikipedia standards, is this acceptable?
Hello Figureskatingfan, Very well done. I imagine that Wadewitz would be proud. If you have any interest in improving other articles about women mountaineers, let me know. I have worked on a few. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 01:04, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
Just a little thank-you note...
@Shoebox2: what a good egg you are. I appreciate the kind words. I'm glad that my sillynes has inspired you to contribute to our project more. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 04:48, 15 April 2015 (UTC) Wikicup pointsForgot to record my wikicup submission of Bazy Tankersley for FAC until today; it passed about a week ago. Montanabw(talk) 01:37, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
Hello from the team at Featured article review!We are preparing to take a closer look at Featured articles promoted in 2004–2010 that may need a review. We started with a script-compiled list of older FAs that have not had a recent formal review. The next step is to prune the list by removing articles that are still actively maintained, up-to-date, and believed to meet current standards. We know that many of you personally maintain articles that you nominated, so we'd appreciate your help in winnowing the list where appropriate. Please take a look at the sandbox list, check over the FAs listed by your name, and indicate on the sandbox talk page your assessment of their current status. Likewise, if you have taken on the maintenance of any listed FAs that were originally nominated by a departed editor, please indicate their status. BLPs should be given especially careful consideration. Thanks for your help! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:55, 5 May 2015 (UTC) Please respond at Wikipedia talk:Unreviewed featured articles/sandbox#Pinging next round; thanks! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:55, 5 May 2015 (UTC) Another oneHi again, Another GA question and this one I sincerely think is in a real gray area so if you want me to post at the wikicup scoring talk page, I can, but figured hitting you up directly would be quicker. Talk:Jackalope/GA1 just passed. I did work on it prior to this year, babysat it from (tons of) vandals over the year and helped some with the GA push, but I think Finetooth did a lot more of the heavy lifting. see history. I am not sure if I can claim wikicup points for my efforts (18 edits since January 1 to the article plus participation in the GAN). It's important to me that I not "game the system" so thought I'd ask. (If you say no, I can live with that, my wikicup goal this year is to make it to round four, one more round than last year, LOL!). Montanabw(talk) 22:24, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
Sesame Street responseThis time for the Sesame Street part, all I did was sort the roles of the Two-Headed Monster by who did each head, mentioned about Alan being Japanese with his actor Alan Muraoka's Facebook account mentioning about Jennifer Barnhart performing Zoe by next season as well as an Instagram photo of her performing Zoe, correcting the link to Goldilocks and the Three Bears following a redirect from The Story of the Three Bears, and mentioning how Abby Cadabby has pink fur. Was there anything else that I left out? --Rtkat3 (talk) 21:43, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi Christine. A summary of a Featured Article you nominated at WP:FAC will appear on the Main Page soon. I had to squeeze the summary down to around 1200 characters; was there anything I left out you'd like to see put back in? Also ... I wasn't sure if there were more than 9 Emmy nominations from the text, can you check on that? - Dank (push to talk) 19:39, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for giving us the clues to your "son's favorite thing in the universe"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:40, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
TFL notificationHi, Christine. I'm just posting to let you know that List of Sesame Street Muppets – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for June 29. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 21:20, 6 June 2015 (UTC) Season 46 of Sesame StreetFigureskatingfan, I was wondering if you are looking forward to Season 46 of Sesame Street. Upon the photos that Sesame Street's Facebook page unleashed, the set has been redesigned where Big Bird's nest is nestled near a tree, Elmo's apartment has been transferred to 123 Sesame Street, Cookie Monster is now living in an apartment above the redesigned Hooper's Store, and there is a community center. Now that would be a big update for the page about this show's location once Season 46 debuts. --Rtkat3 (talk) 01:34, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
Your Op-EdI am sorry that your op-ed did not run this week. It is 100% my fault, and again, I apologize for the delay. It is cued up and will definitely run this coming week. Thank you again for the submission. Go Phightins! 19:01, 13 June 2015 (UTC) Maybe we need to add more@Figureskatingfan: So after reading the discussion that was brought up on the GA talk page, I'm thinking that we may/should add some info about how the verification process will work (since almost everyone associates competition with cheating). Adding this info would be more just to earn the trust of potential participants and prove the legitimacy of the competition.--Dom497 (talk) 02:42, 14 June 2015 (UTC)
Re: SignpostGreat writeup in The Signpost this week! Thank you for all that you do. ---Another Believer (Talk) 21:05, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
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Tyrone Garland FANHello. I have nominated the Tyrone Garland article for featured article review. It may not be long enough, but I am ready to make whatever changes you say are necessary. If you are interested in reviewing it, please initiate the review. TempleM (talk) 15:46, 19 July 2015 (UTC) Just an FYIHi, FSF! Just an FYI. Given your work on Sesame Street-related articles, I thought I would bring Word Party to your attention. Also, I redirect Henson Digital Puppetry Studio to The Jim Henson Company, but I am not sure whether or not the studio is notable enough for its own article. ---Another Believer (Talk) 14:31, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
WikiCup 2015 September newsletterThe 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 Casliber (submissions) 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 Coemgenus (submissions) 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:
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! Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs), Miyagawa (talk · contribs) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs) 11:48, 2 September 2015 (UTC) Barnstar
Ah, thanks pal. You're the best. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 17:17, 2 November 2015 (UTC) Would this RfC ...... be up your alley? —ATinySliver/ATalkPage 🖖 20:49, 2 November 2015 (UTC) WikiCup 2015: The resultsWikiCup 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 Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points). 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. Cwmhiraeth (submissions) 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. Cas Liber (submissions), 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 Rationalobserver (submissions). 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:
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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · logs), Miyagawa (talk · contribs · logs) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · logs) 18:39, 8 November 2015 (UTC) Hi, Season 46 of Sesame Street #2Christine, I was wondering if you heard the news that Season 46 of Sesame Street will air in January of 2016. --Rtkat3 (talk) 16:40, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
Season's Greetings!Hello Figureskatingfan: Enjoy the holiday season and upcoming winter solstice, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, North America1000 20:21, 20 December 2015 (UTC)
@Northamerica1000: thanks so much! Merry Christmas to you, too. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 19:20, 21 December 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 Wikipedia: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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Figureskatingfan (talk), and Godot13 (talk).--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 22 December 2015 (UTC) Season's greetings!Hello Figureskatingfan: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Esquivalience t 23:58, 23 December 2015 (UTC)
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User:Montanabw: Thanks, pal! Same to you and more of it! ;) Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 20:38, 24 December 2015 (UTC) Orphaned non-free image File:Caged bird2.jpgThanks for uploading File:Caged bird2.jpg. 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 the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 03:30, 30 December 2015 (UTC) Talk:Track and field/GA2 review for WikiCup needs to be addressedFigureskatingfan, it's always a bit of a crapshoot when inexperienced people review Good Article nominations, as you know from the GA Cup, and it's important to make sure that those who don't do an adequate job are informed of the issues. As it turns out, 333-blue passed this article with only minimal comments, and without reference to the specific GA criteria. I see that 333-blue has done one previous GA review, back in October, which was similarly brief and also without apparent reference to the criteria. It seems a shame that the oldest unreviewed GA nomination should get caught up in this situation. Ideally, the review should be reversed; it certainly doesn't meet WikiCup guidelines, and doesn't meet GA review guidelines. In any event, it is clearly ineligible for WikiCup credit. I hope you and the other judges will be keeping a close eye on early WikiCup GA reviews to ensure proper quality. Thank you for your consideration, and I hope to see action on this matter soon. BlueMoonset (talk) 06:14, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
I just looked over 333-Blue's review of O Street Market and it appears pretty cursory. Happily, the article is actually in very good shape and would only need a few changes in the prose before I'd pass it. Weakness in English competency could be a real problem if we had more reviewers, but I don't know that we actually can solve it other than by monitoring all of the reviews, like you've been doing, Blue.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 21:09, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
Christine, I'm almost done with this one, how does it look so far? - Dank (push to talk) 16:15, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
Precious again, your Gather Together in My Name! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:53, 17 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) 18:04, 7 January 2016 (UTC) Sesame Street Muppet Performers-relatedHi, I was wondering if you had time to see the latest episodes of Sesame Street on HBO. I have seen the credits and Steve Whitmire (who is currently working on The Muppets) is no longer on the cast and Billy Barkhurst (who was credited in the last season) is now doing Ernie according to Sesame Workshop's official website just like how it is mentioning that Stephanie D'Abruzzo is the current performer of Prairie Dawn and Jennifer Barnhart (who was uncredited) is the current performer of Zoe. If you don't believe me, go to the official website of Sesame Workshop and look at the puppeteer bios under behind the scenes. Just making a suggestion. --Rtkat3 (talk) 18:57, 24 January 2016 (UTC) TFARWikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/The Heart of a Woman --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:46, 12 February 2016 (UTC) Tried again ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:36, 7 March 2017 (UTC) Spirit AnimalSure. I understand. Please tell me what to improve as soon as possible. Horsegeek(talk) 04:21, 14 February 2016 (UTC)horsegeek Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Misty Copeland/archive1Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Misty Copeland/archive1 could use some attentive eyes. I haven't called on you in a while, but when I have in the past, you have generally been a very important discussant. I am hoping that you might be interested this nomination.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:49, 23 February 2016 (UTC) Possibly interesting...Tangentially related to the image at the top of your user page, possibly interesting (not knowing if you have a connection to the place)...--Godot13 (talk) 23:30, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
WikiCup 2015 March newsletterThat'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 Cyclonebiskit (submissions), and two each by MPJ-DK (submissions), Hurricanehink (submissions), 12george1 (submissions), and Cas Liber (submissions). Twenty-one Featured Pictures were claimed, including 17 by Adam Cuerden (submissions) (the Round 1 high scorer). Thirty-one contestants saw their DYKs appear on the main page, with a commanding lead (28) by Cwmhiraeth (submissions). Twenty-nine participants conducted GA reviews with J Milburn (submissions) completing nine. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia: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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Thanks to everyone for participating, and good luck to those moving into round 2. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:39, 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 Cas Liber (submissions) claimed the first Featured Article Persoonia terminalis of the 2016 Wikicup. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 (talk · contribs · email).--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:05, 2 March 2016 (UTC) Maya AngelouIt was a heartbreaking discovery all round, I think. No-one wanted to delete the image, but my attempts to get a featured picture of her backfired spectacularly, I think you'll agree, when I actually found evidence our best picture of her was in copyright. I have sent a FoI to the Clinton Library (no response); perhaps it'd be less likely to hit the circular file coming from an American resident. Adam Cuerden (talk) 19:27, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
Lawrence LessingThis article was in the pink box on the GAN page when I started the review. I generally pick reviews out of that box, or for WikiCup participants. It should be 20 points, not 12. Thanks. MPJ-US 16:55, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
Hello, sorry me again, Michael Laucke was also in the pink box when I started the review. It's only 2 points but with the group I am in that may be the difference make. MPJ-US 19:20, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
"Women are everywhere"Hi Figureskatingfan. I'm an editor (not very active till now) of the Italian Wikipedia, where the gender gap is a real issue. I'm trying to participate to an IEG with the project "Women are everywhere". You will find the draft at this link https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Women_are_everywhere It would be great if you could have a look at it. I need any kind of suggestion or advice to improve it. Support or endorsement would be fantastic. Many thanks, --Kenzia (talk) 16:56, 9 April 2016 (UTC) GA CupHey, so first off, thanks for adding my points to the GA Cup. Secondly, (I may be wrong), but I don't think I received the points for two of my three reviews. Again, I could be wrong, but I believe Testaroli is 13,768 characters according to the website mentioned in the DYK tool (including the removal of templates, infoboxes, and images), and You'll See is easily over 25,000 characters using the tool. Please let me know if you could take a look at this; thank you very much! Cheers, Carbrera (talk) 04:34, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
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I pinged you at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Emily Ratajkowski/archive5 because the current nomination is at an impasse with a discussant who states that the writing is not up to snuff for an FA. I think if I can get the article past that discussant, I can get it promoted. Since you have been one of the editors who has helped me to copy edit articles that have gotten promoted at FAC, I am wondering if you might be interested in copyediting Emily Ratajkowski, even though it is far afield from your interests.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 05:02, 27 June 2016 (UTC) Hi Christine. The TFA text mostly follows the lead section; how does it look? - Dank (push to talk) 21:09, 3 July 2016 (UTC)
GA cup historyHi Christine, I'm drafting a special report on the GA Cup for the Signpost and wanted to ask you about the history of the cup, particularly the development of the idea. I read your previous Op-Ed and it gave me some great insight, but there's only so much I can glean from talk page archives. My main interest is a more narrative perspective on what led up to the creation of the GA cup from your perspective: what was the impetus behind the idea, why was it chosen over another backlog drive, what were the expectations of it. You touched on all of these in your op-ed, but I was hoping you would be willing to expand on it. Also, feel free to ask other people who were involved if you think they might have interesting perspectives. Anyway, thanks for all your hard work with the GA cup, and hopefully you have some time to write back! Wugapodes [thɔk] [kantʃɻɪbz] 21:58, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
Sorry to be a bother, just need a judgement call here. Adam Cuerden (talk) 05:56, 20 July 2016 (UTC)
Peer Review for Chad Harris-CraneHello. I really admire and respect the work you have done to make Todd Manning an FAC. I am hoping to improve an article about a different soap opera character (Chad Harris-Crane) to FAC sometime in the future. I was wondering if you could provide some feedback or suggestions to the peer review for the article (located here Wikipedia:Peer_review/Chad_Harris-Crane/archive1), since you are experienced working with articles related to soap operas and fictional characters. I understand that you are busy so it is completely okay if you are unable to do this or would not like to do this. I apologize for any inconvenience. I hope you have a wonderful day. Aoba47 (talk) 19:30, 26 August 2016 (UTC) FAC voluntary mentoring schemeDuring a recent lengthy discussion on the WP:FAC talkpage, several ideas were put forward as to how this procedure could be improved, particularly in making it more user-friendly towards first-time nominees. The promotion rate for first-timers at FAC is depressingly low – around 16 percent – which is a cause for concern. To help remedy this, Mike Christie and I, with the co-operation of the FAC coordinators, have devised a voluntary mentoring scheme, in which newcomers will guided by more experienced editors through the stages of preparation and submission of their articles. The general format of the scheme is explained in more detail on Wikipedia: Mentoring for FAC, which also includes a list of editors who have indicated that they are prepared to act as mentors. Would you be prepared to take on this role occasionally? If so, please add your name to the list. By doing so you incur no obligation; it will be entirely for you to decide how often and on which articles you want to act in this capacity. We anticipate that the scheme will have a trial run for a few months before we appraise its effectiveness. Your participation will be most welcome. Brianboulton (talk) 18:12, 29 August 2016 (UTC) Chad Harris-Crane - featured article candidateHello, I've nominated the article about the episode Chad Harris-Crane for Featured Article consideration. I would really appreciate any comments or feedback on this nomination, especially since you are one of the main editors to help promote Todd Manning to featured article status, and I would like to get more characters from American soap operas to featured article status (and more characters from soap operas in general as Pauline Fowler and Poppy Meadow are the only other soap opera characters that reached FA status). I understand that you must be busy with your own projects on here as well as in real life so I completely understand if you do not have the time or would not like to do this. I want to apologize for any inconvenience for posting on here, as we have never worked together in the past on here, but I always would appreciate support from a more experienced user/editor. The link is here if you are interested: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Chad Harris-Crane/archive1. Thank you! Aoba47 (talk) 19:03, 12 September 2016 (UTC) Blues Clues video gamesHi Figureskatingfan, I greatly admire the work you did on the Blues Clues TV series, and I have recently been working on various articles in the Blues Clues educational video game series. I was wondering if you'd like to pop round to Blue's 123 Time Activities, Blue's ABC Time Activities, Blue's Reading Time Activities, and see if there's any way you could help?--Coin945 (talk) 08:25, 14 September 2016 (UTC) GA Cup archiveHey! The GA Cup still needs the 2016 edition to be added to the archive. Zwerg Nase (talk) 07:26, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
WikiCup 2016 November newsletter: Final resultsThe final round of the 2016 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2016 WikiCup top three finalists:
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:
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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup
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WikiCup December newsletter: WikiCup 2017On 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):
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 Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email). Signups are open now and will remain open until 5 February 2017. You can sign up here. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:02, 14 December 2016 (UTC) Happy Holidays!
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It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template. at any time by removing the Sesame Street international co-productions scheduled for TFAThis is to let you know that the Sesame Street international co-productions article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 18 January 2017. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/January 18, 2017. Thanks! Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 14:53, 30 December 2016 (UTC) Thank you, CHristine! "This article happens to be one of my favs, and is near and dear to my heart." I know the feeling. "peace and joy"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:14, 18 January 2017 (UTC) ==TFL List of Maya Angelou works Hi, Christine. I'm just posting to let you know that List of Maya Angelou works – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for March 3. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 01:26, 8 February 2017 (UTC) Editor of the Week
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March 2017 WikiCup newsletterAnd 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:
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 Wikipedia: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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:52, 1 March 2017 (UTC) The Heart of a Woman scheduled for TFAThis is to let you know that the The Heart of a Woman article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 4 April 2017. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 4, 2017. Thanks! Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 02:29, 22 March 2017 (UTC) May 2017 WikiCup newsletterThe second round of the competition has now closed, with just under 100 points being required to qualify for round 3. YellowEvan just scraped into the next round with 98 points but we have to say goodbye to the thirty or so competitors who didn't achieve this threshold; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Our top scorers in round 2 were:
Vivvt submitted the largest number of DYKs (30), and MBlaze Lightning achieved 13 articles at ITN. Carbrera claimed for 11 GAs and Argento Surfer performed the most GARs, having reviewed 11. So far we have achieved 38 featured articles and a splendid 132 good articles. Commendably, 279 GARs have been achieved so far, more than double the number of GAs. So, on to the third round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia: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 Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:16, 1 May 2017 (UTC) WikiCup 2017 July newsletterThe third round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 288 points being required to qualify for round 4. It was a hotly competitive round with all but four of the contestants exceeding the 106 points that was necessary to proceed to round 4 last year. Coemgenus and Freikorp tied on 288, and both have been allowed to proceed, so round 4 now has one pool of eight competitors and one of nine. Round 3 saw the achievement of a 26-topic Featured topic by MPJ-DK as well as 5 featured lists and 13 featured articles. PanagiotisZois and SounderBruce achieved their first ever featured articles. Carbrera led the GA score with 10, Tachs achieved 17 DYKs and MBlaze Lightning 10 In the news items. There were 167 DYKs, 93 GARs and 82 GAs overall, this last figure being higher than the number of GAs in round 2, when twice as many people were taking part. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed. As we start round 4, we say goodbye to the fifteen or so competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed). If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on 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. 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. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 05:38, 30 June 2017 (UTC) WikiCup 2017 September newsletterRound 4 of the WikiCup has ended and we move forward into the final round. In round 4, a total of 12 FAs, 3 FLs, 44 GAs, 3 FLs, 79 DYKs, 1 ITN and 42 GARs was achieved, with no FPs or FTs this time. Congratulations to Peacemaker67 on the Royal Yugoslav Navy Good Topic of 36 items, and the 12 featured articles achieved by Cas Liber (5), Vanamonde93 (3), Peacemaker67 (2), Adityavagarwal (1) and 12george1 (1). With a FA scoring 200 points, and bonus points available on top of this, FAs are likely to feature heavily in the final round. Meanwhile Yellow Evan, a typhoon specialist, was contributing 12 DYKs and 10 GAs, while Adityavagarwal and Freikorp topped the GAR list with 8 reviews each. As we enter the final round, we are down to eight contestants, and we would like to thank those of you who have been eliminated for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. The lowest score needed to reach round 5 was 305, and I think we can expect a highly competitive final round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck, and let the best man (or woman) win! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 06:26, 1 September 2017 (UTC) |
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