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WikiCup 2020 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 57 contestants qualifying. We have abolished the groups this year, so to qualify for Round 3 you will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two contestants.

Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

  • New York (state) Epicgenius, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with a featured article, five good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 895 points.
  • England Gog the Mild came next with 464 points, from a featured article, two good articles and a number of reviews, the main theme being naval warfare.
  • United States Raymie was in third place with 419 points, garnered from one good article and an impressive 34 DYKs on radio and TV stations in the United States.
  • Somerset Harrias came next at 414, with a featured article and three good articles, an English civil war battle specialist.
  • Pirate flag CaptainEek was in fifth place with 405 points, mostly garnered from bringing Cactus wren to featured article status.
  • The top ten contestants at the end of Round 1 all scored over 200 points; they also included United States L293D, Venezuela Kingsif, Antarctica Enwebb, England Lee Vilenski and Nepal CAPTAIN MEDUSA. Seven of the top ten contestants in Round 1 are new to the WikiCup.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. In Round 1 there were four featured articles, one featured list and two featured pictures, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. Between them, contestants completed 127 good article reviews, nearly a hundred more than the 43 good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Contestants also claimed for 40 featured article / featured list reviews, and most even remembered to mention their WikiCup participation in their reviews (a requirement).

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 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.

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 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:46, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

German destroyer Z39

Hello:

The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article German destroyer Z39 has been completed.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

I have one suggestion that I feel would improve the article. The Service history section includes this: "At some point between her launching and commissioning, she was modified under Project Barbara, with the addition of three pairs of 3.7 cm (1.5 in) anti-aircraft guns, one pair forward of her bridge, one pair abreast after her funnel, and one pair abreast forward of her funnel. She had one pair of single 3.7 cm (1.5 in) guns added to her after funnel platform. She had a pair of twin 2 cm (0.8 in) guns added to her bridge wings. She had a pair of quadruple 2 cm (0.8 in) guns and a pair of single 2 cm (0.8 in) guns added to an extended deckhouse in her No. 3 gun position." This really has nothing to do with service history.

In my opinion, this more properly belongs in the preceding Design and armament section, which could be inserted before the final sentence. "After the modifications, she carried eighteen 2 cm (0.8 in) guns and fourteen 3.7 cm (1.5 in) guns; the rest of her armament remained unchanged."

Best of luck with the FAC.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 20:25, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup newsletter correction

There was an error in the WikiCup 2020 March newsletter; United States L293D should not have been included in the list of top ten scorers in Round 1 (they led the list last year), instead, United States Dunkleosteus77 should have been included, having garnered 334 points from five good articles on animals, living or extinct, and various reviews. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:30, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2020).

Guideline and policy news

  • Following an RfC, the blocking policy was changed to state that sysops must not undo or alter CheckUser or Oversight blocks, rather than should not.
  • A request for comment confirmed that sandboxes of established but inactive editors may not be blanked due solely to inactivity.

Technical news

  • Following a discussion, Twinkle's default CSD behavior will soon change, most likely this week. After the change, Twinkle will default to "tagging mode" if there is no CSD tag present, and default to "deletion mode" if there is a CSD tag present. You will be able to always default to "deletion mode" (the current behavior) using your Twinkle preferences.

Miscellaneous


Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:20, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

note re new edits

Hi! Since I am your adoptee, I would welcome your input. if you want, feel free to take a look at some additions that I made at Wikipedia:community bulletin board. I would welcome any comments. thanks!!! --Sm8900 (talk) 02:32, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

@Sm8900: Edits look good, although I'm not very involved with the CBB process. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 07:20, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXVII, March 2020

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St. Patrick's Day

Pärt: The Deer's Cry

decoration + music with thanks from QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:05, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

GOCE March newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2020 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the March newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December 2019. All being well, we're planning to issue these quarterly in 2020, balancing the need to communicate widely with the avoidance of filling up talk pages. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Election results: There was little changeover in the roster of Guild Coordinators, with Miniapolis stepping down with distinction as a coordinator emeritus while Jonesey95 returned as lead coordinator. The next election is scheduled for June 2020 and all Wikipedians in good standing may participate.

January Drive: Thanks to everyone for the splendid work, completing 215 copy edits including 56 articles from the Requests page and 116 backlog articles from the target months of June to August 2019. At the conclusion of the drive there was a record low of 323 articles in the copy editing backlog. Of the 27 editors who signed up for the drive, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

February Blitz: Of the 15 editors who signed up for this one-week blitz, 13 completed at least one copy edit. A total of 32 articles were copy edited, evenly split between the twin goals of requests and the oldest articles from the copy-editing backlog. Full results are here.

March Drive: Currently underway, this event is targeting requests and backlog articles from September to November 2019. As of 18 March, the backlog stands at a record low of 253 articles and is expected to drop further as the drive progresses. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the backlog. Help set a new record and sign up now!

Progress report: As of 18 March, GOCE copyeditors have completed 161 requests in 2020 and there was a net reduction of 385 articles from the copy-editing backlog – a 60% decrease from the beginning of the year. Well done and thank you everyone!

Election reminder: It may only be March but don't forget our mid-year Election of Coordinators opens for nominations on 1 June. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Reidgreg, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist

To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Seeking a mentor/Adopter

Hi Iazyges,

I am new to Wikipedia and would like to learn how to conduct research, write and edit articles effectively. It'd be great if you could adopt me/mentor me. Will you please adopt me?

Kind regards, CM Manjunath (talk) 17:56, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

CM Manjunath Certainly! Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 21:42, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Reverting edits

Greetings.

I have noticed that you unreasonably undone, without explaining the cause, some of my edits concerning Greek cultures (i.e. places, personages...etc.), more specifically the romanization of the Greek letters. You did not mind to put any reason for undoing the edits. My edits are not meant to be a vandalism or anything similar, and I always try to give Wikipedia my best. The romanization was based on Romanization of Greek article. I am not trying to have a war with you or something, although I have been reverted for no reason for a similar case in the article Phocas by an Indian guy, but I hope you can give me a satisfying reason for your reverts. If you are not satisfied with my work, you can inform me to stop.

Looking forward for a reply.

يوسف قناوة (talk) 21:39, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

@يوسف قناوة: The articles are supposed to remain normal Greek per convention; although Greek was romanized to an extent as mentioned in the article, the convention for Greek within articles is to retain it as 'normal' Greek, even for Byzantine and Eastern Roman figures. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 21:42, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Category:Wikidata status updates has been nominated for deletion

Category:Wikidata status updates, which you created, has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. —⁠andrybak (talk) 04:42, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

Query

Hi Iazyges,

Thanks for responding, can we get started today? Please let me know how we could communicate.

Regards, CM Manjunath (talk) 17:28, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

@CM Manjunath: Feel free to come by with any questions you have, any time. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 17:42, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

I came across couple adopters profiles, they seem to have some kind of document to get the newbies started in their Wiki journey. Do you have a document I could first read to get started?

CM Manjunath (talk) 18:08, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

@CM Manjunath: I don't have any such document, sorry. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 03:34, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

April–May 2020 GAN Backlog Drive

Harrias talk 06:47, 31 March 2020 (UTC)