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WikiCup 2018So the 2017 WikiCup has come to an end. Congratulations to the winner, to the other finalists and to all those who took part. 177 contestants signed up, more than usual, but not all of them submitted entries in the first round. Were editors attracted by the cash prizes offered for the first time this year, or were these irrelevant? Do the rules and scoring need changing for the 2018 WikiCup? If you have a view on these or other matters, why not join in the WikiCup discussion about next year's contest? Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:59, 17 November 2017 (UTC) ArbCom 2017 election voter message Hello, Red Phoenix. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible 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 2017 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification for December 20Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Sonic X-treme, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Edge (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are usually incorrect, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of unrelated topics with similar titles. (Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.) It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 10:27, 20 December 2017 (UTC) Your signaturePlease be aware that your signature uses deprecated You are encouraged to change
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FACHi, I've just nominated Sonic Adventure for FAC; see here. Would you mind commenting? JOEBRO64 20:15, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
Like a phoenixHey! Welcome back! czar 11:13, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
WikiCup 2018 March newsletterAnd so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. With 53 contestants qualifying, the groups for round 2 are slightly smaller than usual, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining users. Our top scorers in round 1 were:
Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on 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 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) and Vanamonde (talk) 15:27, 2 March 2018 (UTC) WikiCup 2018 May newsletterThe second round of the 2018 WikiCup has now finished. Most contestants who advanced to the next round scored upwards of 100 points, but two with just 10 points managed to scrape through into round 3. Our top scorers in the last round were:
So far contestants have achieved twelve featured articles between them and a splendid 124 good articles. Commendably, 326 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2018 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met; most of the GARs are fine, but a few have been a bit skimpy. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on 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. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:10, 1 May 2018 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Sega Technical InstituteHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Sega Technical Institute you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Question regarding commenting on a reviewHey, if I'd like to make a comment on one of the issues you touched about in your review of Night of the Living Dead what is the correct way of doing that?--Gonnym (talk) 16:26, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Sega Technical InstituteThe article Sega Technical Institute you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold Your GA nomination of United Game ArtistsHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article United Game Artists you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. If you ever want to collaborate on Comix Zone, let me know! JOEBRO64 22:21, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Sega Technical InstituteThe article Sega Technical Institute you nominated as a good article has passed DYK nomination of Sega Technical Institute
Your GA nomination of United Game ArtistsThe article United Game Artists you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold DYK nomination of Sega Technical Institute
Incomplete DYK nomination
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Tectoy you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Your GA nomination of United Game ArtistsThe article United Game Artists you nominated as a good article has passed Something you might find interestinghttp://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?33506-Hideki-Sato-on-the-Sega-Saturn-(incredible-new-interview TarkusABtalk 12:31, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
WikiCup 2018 July newsletterThe third round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
Contestants managed 7 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 120 good articles, 1 good topic, 124 DYK entries, 15 ITN entries, and 132 good article reviews. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 458 GA reviews, in comparison to 244 good articles submitted for review and promoted. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process; several submissions, particularly in abstruse or technical areas, have needed additional work to make them completely verifiable. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on 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. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk), Vanamonde (talk) 04:55, 2 July 2018 (UTC) The article Tectoy you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold Your GA nomination of Sonic TeamHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Sonic Team you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. The article Tectoy you nominated as a good article has passed Segata SanshiroHello. I've noticed your recent edits regarding Segata Sanshiro. I created its critical reception section so I guess it needs a copyedit since I'm not a native English speaker. Good luck with the article. Hope it becomes a GA too considering how unique is that guy. Cheers.Tintor2 (talk) 00:33, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Segata SanshiroHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Segata Sanshiro you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Your GA nomination of Segata SanshiroThe article Segata Sanshiro you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold Your GA nomination of Segata SanshiroThe article Segata Sanshiro you nominated as a good article has passed
Your GA nomination of Sonic TeamThe article Sonic Team you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold Sonic Heroes FACYo Red, I just nominated Sonic Heroes for FAC (see here) and wanted to know if you wouldn't mind leaving some comments. I'll review something in return if you'd like. JOEBRO64 19:27, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
BLPPRODHi there, wanted to drop you a line about WP:BLPPROD as I just removed the tag from the William McGreevey entry and thought some more explanation was warranted. BLPPROD is a really odd process because (among other reasons) it departs enormously from WP's usual standards of sourcing--it accepts literally any source that supports a claim in the entry, no matter how unreliable or how it's formatted. So for instance, if I had a blog about ornithology and then made an "Innisfree987" mainspace entry that said, "Innisfree987 is really into birds" and put the blog as an external link...that would be enough to make the entry ineligible for BLPPROD. (It would of course qualify for regular PROD, AfD and probably A7 if not other CSD criteria as well.) So merely listing primary sources, as the McGreevey entry does, is enough to make it ineligible for BLPPROD even tho clearly that would never be enough to sustain an entry in mainspace. BLPPROD just a weird process that possibly should be abolished because it constantly causes eminently reasonable confusion... In the meantime, just wanted to send this FYI explaining my de-prodding. CC'ing Bearian who I see had joined the PROD. If anyone has suggestions on improving this situation, they are most welcome at WT:BLPPROD! Innisfree987 (talk) 17:11, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
Deletion of Richard J. Marks article; possible solution and userfyHello! I hope this will reach you, regarding the deletion of the page for the article Richard J. Marks, in which it was suggested by two editors that userfy would be recommended. Therefore, I read the notes again carefully, and through my reading of it, may have a solution. Marks is IS notable as a film Producer. He is listed clearly in the credits as a Producer, in at least three publicly released short films/TV about key renewable energy and/or China convenings with interesting contexts: 1. Producer: LinkTV https://archive.org/details/linktv_earth20081114 (Time Code 25:30) 2. Producer: The State of Renewable Energy Finance” -- https://player.vimeo.com/video/133473382 (Time Code 7:41) 3. Producer: "WIREC: Washington International Renewable Energy Conference" -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxu1YDNI7k4 (Time Code: 8:00). I would like to propose moving the article back into user space, with Marks listed, more simply, as a Producer of environmentally-oriented films, using those links above. That would solve the problem of the lack of print articles about him at this point in time. It would give others a chance to benefit from his contributions. The opening may be rewritten: "Marks is the Producer of film narratives that provide environmental solutions and leadership voices, in the United States and China. Thanks so much. Lettucecup (talk) 21:23, 24 August 2018 (UTC)Lettucecup WikiCup 2018 September newsletterThe fourth round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The eight users who made it to the final round had to score a minimum of 422 points to qualify, with the top score in the round being 4869 points. The leaders in round 4 were:
During round four, 6 featured articles and 164 good articles were promoted by WikiCup contestants, 13 articles were included in good topics and 143 good article reviews were performed. There were also 10 "in the news" contributions on the main page and 53 "did you knows". Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on 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, and let the best editor win! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:31, 1 September 2018 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification for September 10An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Sega, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page David Rosen (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). (Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 09:31, 10 September 2018 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Sonic TeamThe article Sonic Team you nominated as a good article has passed Talkback Message added 13:53, 14 September 2018 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 13:53, 14 September 2018 (UTC) Hello Red Phoenix. As you have been unable to respond to requests for reply in this nomination, I have now marked it for closure. If you wish to continue the nomination, please respond as soon as possible, before the nomination is closed. Thank you and happy editing. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 12:23, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
DYK for Sega Technical Institute On 26 September 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sega Technical Institute, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Sega Technical Institute released four Sonic the Hedgehog games in three years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sega Technical Institute. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Sega Technical Institute), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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. Alex Shih (talk) 00:02, 26 September 2018 (UTC) Sonic Heroes FAC (again)Hope I'm not bothering you, but just wanted to ask if you're still planning on checking this out? I think it's beginning to approach the end of its cycle JOEBRO64 20:16, 3 October 2018 (UTC) 20th CenturyWhere's the lie? 209.6.136.140 (talk) 00:35, 18 October 2018 (UTC) ThanksI thought Canadians were well liked. Apparently, I was wrong. Thanks for the reverting help, backlog at AIV again. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 04:21, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Sega you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. That was not something for which you should leave a gentle warning. Drmies (talk) 04:21, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of History of SegaHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article History of Sega you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Reverting to not neutral textThe information on the Young Living page is not neutral. My edits are being rejected as not neutral, but the original text is not neutral and also repetitive. Young Living is in the Health and Wellness industry, please make the industry reflect that. Why is that sharing specific information about what the company does is not neutral? When I am researching companies, I would liek to know what they do, not just the lawsuits they have been involved in. To only include every negative aspect of the company is very biased and not helpful.
ArbCom 2018 election voter messageHello, Red Phoenix. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible 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 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC) Konami EditI do beg to differ, Firewall not being banned is highly controversial and is highly criticized, so it stands to reason that it should be in the “Critisizm and controversy” section as it’s literally one of the most controversial cards ever printed in the game SatanicWren (talk) 02:41, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
Hi Red, I was wondering if you would be interested in reviewing at my current FAC? It's fine if you can't or don't want to. JOEBRO64 01:43, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
Sonic CDBelieve it or not, I actually tried to correct this a few months ago, but was reverted... because it apparently was stated in the source. JOEBRO64 01:45, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
Sega HQ picturesSee the images I uploaded here [1]. Four pictures are the new building and one is the sign in front of the old Ota office. It was really difficult to get a good shot of the building. And again, it's not a Sega exclusive building. It's a large complex shared by several companies. Sega just happens to be one of the larger companies there so they have their sign up front. There may have been a sign on the opposite side for another company, I can't remember. Oh and also here's the building's website, you can see some concept images of the building (it ended up looking just as they designed it). TarkusABtalk 14:19, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
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Welcome to the 2019 WikiCup!Hello and Happy New Year! Welcome to the 2019 WikiCup, the competition begins today. If you have already joined, your submission page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and we will set up your submissions page. One important rule to remember is that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2019, and which you have nominated this year, is eligible for points in the competition, the judges will be checking! Any questions should be directed to one of the judges, or left on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup. 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 make it to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:14, 1 January 2019 (UTC) The article Sega you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold Out RunIn one of the Untold History of Japanese Game Developer books, there is some development history behind Out Run about how Yu Suzuki and I think Ishii went on a road trip in Europe. I have the books and can send you scans if you want. Loving the Sega work going on here, collaborating on topics like this makes editing more fun. I was gonna take a break from Wikipedia to study more Japanese, but I think I'm content with my level and want to collaborate more here. I'm going to pick up some more Sega articles soon. TarkusABtalk 16:22, 25 January 2019 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Rad MobileHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Rad Mobile you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Your GA nomination of Rad MobileThe article Rad Mobile you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold Your GA nomination of Rad MobileThe article Rad Mobile you nominated as a good article has passed Disambiguation link notification for February 2An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Sega, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page David Rosen (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). (Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 09:49, 2 February 2019 (UTC) WikiCup 2019 ReminderHi. I'm DannyS712 (talk), and I just wanted to remind you that you have signed up to compete in this year's WikiCup! There are about 2 weeks left before the first round ends – if you haven't yet made your first submission, there is still time to start; if you have already started, keep up the good work. See your submissions page: here. Good luck! Delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) at 07:33, 10 February 2019 (UTC) The article Sega you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Out Run you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games#Sakura Wars
Red Phoenix, I was wondering what you would like to do with these two. We could request a 2nd opinion, changing the status so that it makes it more likely that another reviewer will stop by. (The note field may attract someone, but the 2nd opinion is more likely to have an effect.) We could also just put one or both of them back into the pool of unreviewed nominations with no loss of seniority. I also noticed that Indrian just opened another review of one of your nominations. If there isn't progress in the time proposed, I'm willing to arrange to have the (at that point, presumably unused) review page deleted and put the nomination back into the pool of articles needing review—indeed, we could do that with History of Sega since there is no review on that page. I'm happy to help in any way I can; those reviews were just shy of six months and five months respectively, which is far too long. Best of luck with a new reviewer! BlueMoonset (talk) 03:55, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
The article Out Run you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold A barnstar for you! (Periscope)
WikiCup 2019 ReminderHi. I'm DannyS712 (talk), and I just wanted to remind you that you are a current participant in round 2 of this year's WikiCup! There are only a few days until the second round ends – if you haven't made you first submission for this round yet, there is still time to start; if you have already started, keep up the good work. See your submissions page: here. Good luck! Delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) at 05:00, 25 April 2019 (UTC) on behalf of DannyS712 (talk) The article Out Run you nominated as a good article has passed WikiCup 2019 May newsletterThe second round of the 2019 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to scored 32 points to advance into round 3. Our top four scorers in round 2 all scored over 400 points and were:
Other notable performances were put in by So far contestants have achieved nine featured articles between them and a splendid 80 good articles. Commendably, 227 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2019 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. The judges are pleased with the thorough GARs 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. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:46, 1 May 2019 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Periscope (arcade game)Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Periscope (arcade game) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Sega you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Your GA nomination of Periscope (arcade game)The article Periscope (arcade game) you nominated as a good article has passed Your GA nomination of History of SegaHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article History of Sega you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Your GA nomination of History of SegaThe article History of Sega you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold The article Sega you nominated as a good article has passed A beer for you!
Your GA nomination of History of SegaThe article History of Sega you nominated as a good article has passed Sega development studiosNice work on the Sega and History of Sega articles, which are now GAs. As for the development studios, the Sega development studios article and its own articles outside of Sonic Team may need to be extensively reworked for GA. Shall we join forces? Thanks, Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 02:02, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
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Here's news from ZHWP!Acutally, it's quite old news :P Sega Saturn & Game Gear has became FA, and Sega Channel & Sega Meganet has became GA in Chinese Wikipedia, all translated from English version by me. As the translator, I truly appreciate contribution done by you and the SEGA task force members. Now I'm working on bringing all SEGA FA/GA articles to ZHWP. There is only me doing SEGA topic (zh:WP:SEGA) in ZHWP now ( which is sad:( ) , so the procedure may br really slow. But with the high quality average of the English articles, I'm quite positive about the future. Have a niceday! [SEEEEEGAAAAA Barnstar.jpg] —— Eric Liu（Talk．Chinese userpage） 06:13, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
WikiCup 2019 July newsletterThe third round of the 2019 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round needed to score at least 68 points, which is substantially lower than last year's 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
Contestants managed 4 (5) featured articles, 4 featured lists, 18 featured pictures, 29 good articles, 50 DYK entries, 9 ITN entries, and 39 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them, and it is imperative to claim them in the correct round; one FA claim had to be rejected because it was incorrectly submitted (claimed in Round 3 when it qualified for Round 2), so be warned! When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything 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. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:12, 2 July 2019 (UTC) New page reviewer granted Hi Red Phoenix. Your account has been added to the "
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I have talked about it on OJ, Nicole, Ron and the murder trial talk pages; Lee Harvey Oswald has been named as John F. Kennedy's killer (no alleged required); I suggest the same be done to O.J. Simpson and name him as the killer of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman. Wikipedia is a mainstream encyclopedia so this article has to present the accepted version of the events according to reliable sources. Various sources (Vincent Bugliosi, Jeffrey Toobin) have resulted in the consensus that reliable sources state that O.J. Simpson murdered Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman. If you disagree with the current status, you are welcome to bring your concerns to the article talk page. The legal contexts of "burden of proof" and "presumption of innocence" apply to someone who is being tried for a crime. Although Simpson was found not guilty in a court of law, reliable sources firmly establish his culpability. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.105.95.119 (talk) 01:40, 13 July 2019 (UTC) The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2019 The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter Project At a Glance
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(Delivered ~~~~~) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:10, 15 July 2019 (UTC) SegaBummer about the FA burning out. I feel that's partially my fault - I did a bit more copyediting here and there but didn't go into with a serious amount of energy. Sorry. It's an unusually good article, thanks overwhelmingly to your efforts, and I'm sure it'll make FA sooner or later. Popcornduff (talk) 02:35, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
Sega Genesis scheduled for TFAThis is to let you know that Sega Genesis has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 14 August 2019. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/August 14, 2019. Thanks! Ealdgyth - Talk 15:22, 28 July 2019 (UTC) Advanced Special characters Help Cite opposedI'm opposed to Integration Tomb of Artaxerxes III with Persepolis!!!! And This is a Tomb in a historic city!!!Not have Why should Not have not a dedicated page? M.k.m2003 (talk) 02:58, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
You could simply have looked at the history and restored the redirect that had been hijacked. It's usually a good idea to check history before trying to nominate anything for deletion as well-purposed pages can be hijacked into vanity or non-notable topics. Undoing or restoring is preferred. See WP:BEFORE. Cheers and thanks for notifying me so I could respond. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 17:29, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
Precious anniversary
Sorry, never signed that one, it seems (20 October). Today, thank you and team for Sega Genesis! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:04, 14 August 2019 (UTC) WikiCup 2019 September newsletterThe fourth round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 454 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with over 400 points being eliminated, and all but two of the finalists having achieved an FA during the round. Casliber, our 2016 winner, was the highest point-scorer, followed by Enwebb and Lee Vilenski, who are both new to the competition. In fourth place was SounderBruce, a finalist last year. But all those points are swept away as we start afresh for the final round. Round 4 saw the achievement of 11 featured articles. In addition, Adam Cuerden scored with 18 FPs, Lee Vilenski led the GA score with 8 GAs while Kosack performed 15 GA reviews. There were around 40 DYKs, 40 GARs and 31 GAs overall during round 4. 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 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. 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 14 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 Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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. 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, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:44, 1 September 2019 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Daytona USA (video game)Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Daytona USA (video game) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Your GA nomination of Daytona USA (video game)The article Daytona USA (video game) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold Your GA nomination of Daytona USA (video game)The article Daytona USA (video game) you nominated as a good article has passed New Page Review newsletter September-October 2019Hello Red Phoenix,
Instead of reaching a magic 300 as it once did last year, the backlog approaching 6,000 is still far too high. An effort is also needed to ensure that older unsuitable older pages at the back of the queue do not get automatically indexed for Google.
A proposal is taking place here to confirm a nominated user as Coordinator of NPR.
Why I Hate Speedy Deleters, a 2008 essay by long since retired Ballonman, is still as valid today. Those of us who patrol large numbers of new pages can be forgiven for making the occasional mistake while others can learn from their 'beginner' errors. Worth reading.
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Regular reviewers will appreciate the most recent enhancements to the New Pages Feed and features in the Curation tool, and there are still more to come. Due to the wealth of information now displayed by ORES, reviewers are strongly encouraged to use the system now rather than Twinkle; it will also correctly populate the logs. Stub sorting, by SD0001: A new script is available for adding/removing stub tags. See User:SD0001/StubSorter.js, It features a simple HotCat-style dynamic search field. Many of the reviewers who are using it are finding it an improvement upon other available tools. Assessment: The script at User:Evad37/rater makes the addition of Wikiproject templates extremely easy. New page creators rarely do this. Reviewers are not obliged to make these edits but they only take a few seconds. They can use the Curation message system to let the creator know what they have done. DannyS712 bot III is now patrolling certain categories of uncontroversial redirects. Curious? Check out its patrol log. Go here to remove your name if you wish to opt-out of future mailings. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:15, 11 September 2019 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Interstate 469The article Interstate 469 you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold Unexplained revertGreetings, I should welcome your reasoning for this revert, please. "Footballer", which is accurate and neutral is clearly more correct than "Football star" which contains unsourced opinion. Thank you. 2A02:C7F:4481:8300:90DC:E235:5074:54B0 (talk) 00:14, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:45, 20 October 2019 (UTC) WikiCup 2019 November newsletterThe WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is
All those who reached the final will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field. Awards will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!
Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved much this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition, not forgetting User:Jarry1250, who runs the scoring bot. We have opened a scoring discussion on whether the rules and scoring need adjustment. Please have your say. 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 2020 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. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth 14:18, 2 November 2019 (UTC) New Page Review newsletter November 2019Hello Red Phoenix, This newsletter comes a little earlier than usual because the backlog is rising again and the holidays are coming very soon.
There are now 824 holders of the New Page Reviewer flag! Most of you requested the user right to be able to do something about the huge backlog but it's still roughly less than 10% doing 90% of the work. Now it's time for action.
Admin Barkeep49 has been officially invested as NPP/NPR coordinator by a unanimous consensus of the community. This is a complex role and he will need all the help he can get from other experienced reviewers.
Paid editing is still causing headaches for even our most experienced reviewers: This official Wikipedia article will be an eye-opener to anyone who joined Wikipedia or obtained the NPR right since 2015. See The Hallmarks to know exactly what to look for and take time to examine all the sources.
Would you like feedback on your reviews? Are you an experienced reviewer who can give feedback to other reviewers? If so there are two new feedback pilot programs. New Reviewer mentorship will match newer reviewers with an experienced reviewer with a new reviewer. The other program will be an occasional peer review cohort for moderate or experienced reviewers to give feedback to each other. The first cohort will launch November 13.
The annual ArbCom election will be coming up soon. All eligible users will be invited to vote. While not directly concerned with NPR, Arbcom cases often lead back to notability and deletion issues and/or actions by holders of advanced user rights.
There is to be no wish list for WMF encyclopedias this year. We thank Community Tech for their hard work addressing our long list of requirements which somewhat overwhelmed them last year, and we look forward to a successful completion. To opt-out of future mailings, you can remove yourself here MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:33, 3 November 2019 (UTC) |
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