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Changes addressed. You ask a lot of great questions about info not in the article; unfortunately, the answers to all of them weren't always available. I did manage to find Darr's mother's name, info about his brother who was also a minor league baseball player, prospect rankings from his time in the Tigers and Padres systems, and more info on his friend Johnson (who, my mistake, never actually played baseball in the Padres' system). Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find out the answers to some of your other questions, like why he suddenly hit 15 home runs one year, why he started losing playing time in 2001 (other than that Bubba Trammell was getting more of the starts), and why he was in the disabled list in 2001 (which is weird, because that source listed why for most players it mentioned but did not list why for Darr - go figure). Anyway, I did find out some more info (which I added) and made changes not relating to unknown info. Hope it looks better now. Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 22:11, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
Hey, I was wondering if you had time to do a quick source review at the Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/1964 European Nations' Cup Final/archive1 nomination? It's relatively straightforward I think, but of course if you don't have time/inclination, not a problem. Would just like to get this one over the line now it's got plenty of support for the content. Cheers. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 10:17, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Benty Grange hanging bowlHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Benty Grange hanging bowl you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Your GA nomination of Benty Grange hanging bowlThe article Benty Grange hanging bowl you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold Your GA nomination of Benty Grange hanging bowlThe article Benty Grange hanging bowl you nominated as a good article has passed Addressed all comments made thus far! Let me know if anything more is needed, and thank you very much for your review! Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 01:19, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:33, 8 August 2021 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification for August 11An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Rupert Bruce-Mitford, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Joachim Werner. (Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 06:01, 11 August 2021 (UTC) FAC requestHi Usernameunique, I'm reaching out to ask if you'd be willing to spot check the sources in Carillon, so that it can be promoted. The spot check is all that remains in the FAC. Please let me know! Thrakkx (talk) 16:19, 12 August 2021 (UTC) Usernameunique, it looks like the nominator has responded to your review. Can you please return to see what, if anything, remains to be done on this GA nomination? Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:53, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
Promotion of Robert Kaske
Congratulations, Usernameunique! The article you nominated, Robert Kaske, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) via FACBot (talk) 12:07, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
Four award
WikiCup 2021 September newsletterThe fourth round of the competition has finished with over 500 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants, Round 4 saw the achievement of 18 featured articles and 157 good articles. 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:02, 2 September 2021 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Will P. BradyHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Will P. Brady you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Your GA nomination of Will P. BradyThe article Will P. Brady you nominated as a good article has passed Promotion of D. H. Turner
Congratulations, Usernameunique! The article you nominated, D. H. Turner, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:06, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
Four Award
Thoughts on a (fake) artifact?Hi Usernameunique, I have a fairly unique article that I'm curious to hear your thoughts on. I am looking towards bringing this article to FA quality. It's the Pompey stone, an 'artifact' (hoax{ about which a fair deal was written from 200-65 years ago. However, there's hardly any sourcing past 1958. However, I've put a pretty comprehensive article together-- and it's a stone, I'm not sure that super recent sourcing is a necessary requirement. You've done a fair bit on real artifacts-- this might be up your alley. Do you think it could be FAC-able? (the prose isn't there yet, this is more of a "with the present sourcing" question). Your work is really really amazing, by the way. Cheers, Eddie891 Talk Work 02:13, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
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Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition, not forgetting User:Jarry1250, who runs the scoring bot. If you have views on whether the rules or scoring need adjustment for next year's contest, please comment on the WikiCup talk page. 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 2022 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. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:56, 3 November 2021 (UTC) Alexander HardcastleThis is an interesting read, [1]. We appear not to have anything beyond Valle dei Templi. Perhaps one for a to-do list? All the best. KJP1 (talk) 09:20, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
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Promotion of Colin Robert Chase
Congratulations, Usernameunique! The article you nominated, Colin Robert Chase, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:05, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
William B. JordanHello Usernameunique. How are things at your end? After our previous interaction, I got a copy of Hall's translation of Beowulf and it was fascinating. Tolkien's Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary is also another fine translation, if the topic interests you. I recently finished working on William B. Jordan — a lot of expanding and then pruning. I am used to writing medical research papers and case studies because of my profession, and perhaps that is why I found writing an encyclopediac biography an uphill climb. I did use quite a few of your featured articles as reference points when I was unsure about the article structure and referencing, and they have been immensely helpful. I have never nominated an article for FAC though, and I have this nagging feeling that I am missing something obvious or that the prose is not yet up to the mark. I want to move forward with Jordan's FAC nomination in the near future, but I wished to hear your thoughts on the article before I do that. If you would be so kind as to go through the article and let me know if there are things that could be improved, I would greatly appreciate your feedback. I believe that I can work on issues once I have been made aware of them (I did away with a lot of fawning language and overdetail after this was pointed out to me). I admire the work you have done on Wikipedia, especially the biographies you have edited, which is why I thought of asking you for advice. Regards. — The Most Comfortable Chair 11:18, 30 November 2021 (UTC) Four Award
Hey Usernameunique, I hope all is well. I've been inspired by your work on academics to pursue a GA for the musicologist Gilbert Reaney (and hopefully others in the future). I used your Colin Robert Chase article as something of a model. Since this is my first attempt at an academic's article, could you take a glance at it to see if it looks like I'm on the right path? I think after adding a complete publications list I'll be relatively good to go, but thought you might have some insight. Aza24 (talk) 16:43, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
Disambiguation link notification for December 26An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Relic: Guardians of the Museum, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page CBBC. (Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 06:01, 26 December 2021 (UTC) Promotion of Robert Howard Hodgkin
Congratulations, Usernameunique! The article you nominated, Robert Howard Hodgkin, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Buidhe (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:06, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
Four Award (again!)
— Bilorv (talk) 17:24, 29 December 2021 (UTC) Sir Cyril FoxEvening U, I hope you are keeping well. I wonder if you might be able to help. I am interested in Cyril Fox, primarily for his work, Monmouthshire Houses, rather than his archaeology. Although I have recently got a picture of his Cardiff home, I have drawn a blank on an image of Fox himself. You don’t have any idea where a useable one might be found? They can be located on Google, the NPG has a couple, but none that would pass the copyright police at Commons. I’ve also asked User:Jason.nlw who’s been able to help if the past. It would be odd if they had nothing, given Fox’s lengthy tenure at Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales. No problem if you can’t think of anything, but I thought I’d ask. All the very best for the New Year - it can’t be more challenging than 2020/2021! KJP1 (talk) 18:50, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Blocked IP address Usernameunique (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log)) Request reason: Caught by a colocation web host block but this host or IP is not a web host. My IP address is 38.64.181.98. I'm just using the hotel wifi—it's worked the past couple days, but tonight said that the IP has issues. Usernameunique (talk) 05:53, 30 December 2021 (UTC) Accept reason: I will give you a short term exemption so you can resume editing. If you frequently edit from public WiFi or that which is otherwise not yours, you may request a longer term exemption by following the instructions at WP:IPECPROXY. 331dot (talk) 09:14, 30 December 2021 (UTC) GAN Backlog Drive – January 2022
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles at 21:18, 31 December 2021 (UTC). Your GA nomination of William ChaneyHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article William Chaney you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:37, 5 January 2022 (UTC) Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:02, 5 January 2022 (UTC) Mr. BeanHi there! I have created and improved the article Louis H. Bean to GA status. It is an obscure subject; there are not many sources to expand the article. Although I have nominated few featured articles, I am not sure if Mr. Bean has any chances at FAC. I see that you have taken article Colin Robert Chase, of approximately same length, to FA status. Can you take a look at the article, and let me know if there is anything I can do to improve it. No issues if too busy. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 12:50, 6 January 2022 (UTC) Hi, Usernameunique, this article should be nominated for GA. It has many reliable sources. Thanks. Troyol (talk) 15:41, 13 January 2022 (UTC) Talk:Box District station/GA1Hi Usernameunique - are you still interested in Talk:Box District station/GA1? It's been nine days since I've heard from you there. Thanks, Pi.1415926535 (talk) 21:44, 29 January 2022 (UTC) List of abandoned reviewsUsernameunique, can you please check the two reviews listed in that section of the January 2022 GAN backlog drive and see whether either or both are eligible for the extra half point for being "old"? I think they may qualify, but I'm not sure whether the time involved is from first nomination, when the review itself was opened, or if it's a different metric. Thank you. Incidentally, it looks like the Report page and the Nominations page are now in agreement as to the total number of nominations and the number of unreviewed nominations. After all the fixes you made, it looks like the reason they might be out of alignment is due to errors on the review page itself (boilerplate section isn't formatted properly), or on an article talk page with a bad GA nominee template, or similar issues. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:20, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
Do you have time to review the above article, which is languishing a bit at FAC?--Wehwalt (talk) 15:21, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
SS Eurana (1915)helllo, you undid my renomination. The first reviewer was extremely immature. So I don't know the process of renomination. so if you can explain how specifically to renominate, please add it here. I found NO instructions on how to do it. Thanks. Crook1 (talk) 16:03, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
Changes addressed; thanks for the review! Let me know if anything else is needed! Sanfranciscogiants17 (talk) 16:29, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 16 March 2022. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/March 2022, or to make more comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/March 2022. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work!—Wehwalt (talk) 18:15, 5 February 2022 (UTC) Promotion of Will P. Brady
Congratulations, Usernameunique! The article you nominated, Will P. Brady, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:06, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
Four Award
— Bilorv (talk) 20:25, 23 February 2022 (UTC) Your GA nomination of William ChaneyHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article William Chaney you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. WikiCup 2022 March newsletterAnd so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:
These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants. Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:07, 3 March 2022 (UTC) WikiCup 2022 March newsletterAnd so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:
These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants. Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:55, 3 March 2022 (UTC) Martin Rundkvist scheduled for TFAThis is to let you know that the Martin Rundkvist article has been scheduled as today's featured article for April 4, 2022. Please check 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/April 4, 2022, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so. For Featured Articles promoted recently, there will be an existing blurb linked from the FAC talk page, which is likely to be transferred to the TFA page by a coordinator at some point. We suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 11:26, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
Nice, but first today: thank you for The Colossus of Rhodes (Dalí), introduced: "The Colossus of Rhodes is a minor but striking painting from Salvador Dalí’s later career. Firmly within the avant-garde in the 1930s, by the 1940s and 1950s Dalí was more interested in the world around him than the world inside him. He also had an expensive lifestyle to maintain, which was no doubt helped by the commissioning of this painting as a movie poster for a film about the Seven Wonders. The painting typifies 1950s Dalí: interested in Hollywood and the historical, taking commissions for cash, and only mildly surrealist. Indeed, the work is influenced by an academic paper by the sculptor Herbert Maryon, whose theory for the construction of the Colossus appeared in dozens if not hundreds of newspapers soon before Dalí picked up his brush."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:48, 16 March 2022 (UTC) The Prayer is on the Main page, finally + new flowers, and btw: the TFA is a young writer's first --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:58, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
Thank you today for Martin Rundkvist who "has excavated a Viking boat grave, a sixteenth-century sword, and, last summer, a mead hall from the time of Beowulf, where he discovered nearly two dozen gold figures. And then there were the times he won six games on Jeopardy!, and spent a week at the helm of Sweden's official Twitter account, @sweden.""! - Nice birthday present for him! Still-open GA reviewsUsernameunique, you have a number of open GA reviews that you have not posted to in a while:
Do you plan to continue them soon, or should I be on the lookout for a replacement reviewer for you on these, possibly via a call for a second opinion? Please let me know. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 18:03, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
WikiCup 2022 May newsletterThe second round of the 2022 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 115 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top seven contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 11 featured articles and the 79 good articles achieved in total by contestants. Our top scorers in round 2 were:
The rules for featured and good article reviews require the review to be of sufficient length; brief quick fails and very short reviews will generally not be awarded points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! 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. 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. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:39, 1 May 2020 (UTC) Great to see this article at TFA today. Congratulations! The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 16:34, 4 April 2022 (UTC) Your GA nomination of William ChaneyThe article William Chaney you nominated as a good article has passed Another academic you might be interested in!Hi! Congrats on William Chaney passing GA. It's a wonderful article and I enjoyed reading and reviewing it. If you're ever in the mood to write about another engrossing academic personality, check out Allen Walker Read. He was an American linguist and etymologist who, among other things, studied bathroom graffiti and the origin of "ok." I've been intermittently expanding the article and assembled a bunch of high-quality sources on the talk page here. There's tons of material that could be used to expand the article. Happy editing! Ganesha811 (talk) 19:05, 5 April 2022 (UTC) Five stalled GA reviewsUsernameunique, I hope you are all right. It's been over a month since I last posted to this talk page, noting that you had five open GA reviews that you had not posted to for a while:
When you replied a week later, on March 23, you said that you'd finish them up that week. It's now over a month later, and you haven't made any progress on any of the reviews; indeed, it's nearly four weeks since you last edited on Wikipedia. I'm sure you have your reasons—real life has a way of intervening—but this situation simply isn't fair to the various nominators. It would have been best if you'd asked for someone to step in for you, so the nominators didn't have to continue waiting: these nominations have all been open for over three months. Under the circumstances, I'm going to allow until the end of April for you to return and resume work on these; as of May 1, I plan to request second opinions for those that have not progressed, noting that a new reviewer is needed to complete the nominations. Thank you for your understanding, and for the work you did in January and February. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:05, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
June 2022 Good Article Nominations backlog drive
This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 27 June 2022. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 2022, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/June 2022. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work!—Wehwalt (talk) 10:33, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
Thank you today for the article, introduced: "Will Brady was not, perhaps, the first person you would want to get a drink with. To start with, he was a prohibitionist—at least when running for reelection as a judge. And then there was the so called "legal lynching" of a 16-year-old Mexican boy, whom Brady extracted a confession from while a mob waited outside the jail; tried; and then guaranteed a date with the gallows, meeting with the governor to foreclose any chance of clemency. (18 years later, when Brady's brother, also a Texas judge, drunkenly killed his mistress and himself was tried for capital murder, Brady promptly joined the defense team.)"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 04:49, 27 June 2022 (UTC) WikiCup 2022 July newsletterThe third round of the 2022 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 180 points, which is a lower figure than last year when 294 points were needed to progress to round 4. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
Between them contestants achieved 5 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 51 good articles, 149 DYK entries, 68 ITN entries, and 109 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. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article nomination, 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. WikiCup judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:51, 3 July 2022 (UTC) Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:53, 8 August 2022 (UTC) FAC again
You kindly commented in a FAC, Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56, back in 2018 - we are now in the next round, and I'd appreciate your input now. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:41, 5 August 2022 (UTC) update: I think enough eyes are now already there - new pics and thoughts on 13 August --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:17, 13 August 2022 (UTC) look at the church where I heard VOCES8 --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:42, 30 August 2022 (UTC) WikiCup 2022 September newsletterThe fourth round of the WikiCup has now finished. 383 points were required to reach the final, and the new round has got off to a flying start with all finalists already scoring. In round 4, Bloom6132 with 939 points was the highest points-scorer, with a combination of DYKs and In the news items, followed by BennyOnTheLoose, Sammi Brie and Lee Vilenski. The points of all contestants are swept away as we start afresh for the final round. At this stage, 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. For the remaining competitors, 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, and importantly, before the deadline on October 31st! 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. The judges are Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:45, 3 September 2022 (UTC) RequestI see you are not editing much these days, but going to ask anyways as respect your view; would be great to have your opinion on a pre FAC PR for Corp Naomh, before i am slaughtered at FAC :) I do need feedback from content people who know a thing or two about objects from the early medieval period. So here I am.[2] Ceoil (talk) 09:24, 15 October 2022 (UTC) WikiCup 2022 November newsletterThe 2022 WikiCup has drawn to a close with the final round going down to the wire. The 2022 champion is
During the WikiCup, contestants achieved 37 featured articles, 349 good articles, 360 featured article reviews, 683 good article reviews and 480 In the news items, so Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors. Well done everyone! All those who reached the final round will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. 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 the overall leader in this field.
Next year's competition will begin on 1 January and possible changes to the rules and scoring are being discussed on the discussion page. You are invited to sign up to take part in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to have a good turnout for the 2023 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners and finalists, 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. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:29, 6 November 2022 (UTC) ThanksHey @Usernameunique, just wanted to say thanks for all the amazing articles you've brought to FA or Good status; I want you to know your effort hasn't gone unnoticed. Your work in articles such as William Chaney and Robert Howard Hodgkin is flawless, and from what I've seen you've brought these articles quietly — you didn't even have a User page until someone made it! Awesome work and keep it up. GuardianH (talk) 06:23, 15 November 2022 (UTC)
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... for the thorough review of Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56 in its 2018 first attempt! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:39, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
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Welcome to the 2023 WikiCup!Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2023 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:17, 1 January 2023 (UTC) Colin Robert Chase scheduled for TFAThis is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 5 February 2023. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 5, 2023, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/February 2023. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work. Gog the Mild (talk) 22:29, 2 January 2023 (UTC) Thank you today for the article, introduced (in 2021): "Most scholars are known for their conclusions; Colin Chase, by contrast, was known as the driving force behind "one of the most important inconclusions in the study of Old English". In a career cut short after 13 years, Chase nevertheless produced major works including The Dating of Beowulf, which put paid to the idea that the date of that epic poem was settled."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:51, 5 February 2023 (UTC) Copyright contributor investigation and Good article reassessmentYou are receiving this message because you were a Good article reviewer on at least one article that is part of Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20210315 or you signed up for messages. An AN discussion closed with consensus to delist this group of Good articles for copyright and other problems, unless a reviewer opens an independent Good article reassessment and can vouch for/verify content of all sources. Please review Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/February 2023 for further information. A list of the GA reviewers can be found here. Questions or comments can be made at the project talk page. You can opt in or out of further messages at this page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:20, 9 February 2023 (UTC) WikiCup 2023 March newsletterSo ends the first round of the 2023 WikiCup. Everyone with a positive score moved on to Round 2, with 54 contestants qualifying. The top scorers in Round 1 were:
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Your GA nomination of Duffield MemorialHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Duffield Memorial you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Your GA nomination of Duffield MemorialThe article Duffield Memorial you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold DYK for Duffield Memorial On 12 March 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Duffield Memorial, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Duffield Memorial was termed "quite unique" in 1912, and "unusual" in 2022? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Duffield Memorial. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Duffield Memorial), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 12 March 2023 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Duffield MemorialThe article Duffield Memorial you nominated as a good article has passed WikiCup 2023 May newsletterThe second round of the 2023 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to have scored 60 points to advance into round 3. Our top five scorers in round 2 all included a featured article among their submissions and each scored over 500 points. They were:
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Contestants achieved 11 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 47 good articles, 72 featured or good article reviews, over 100 DYKs and 40 ITN appearances. As always, any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:18, 8 July 2023 (UTC) August 2023 Good Article Nominations backlog drive
This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 5 September 2023. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/September 2023, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/September 2023. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. I'm also selecting Robert Howard Hodgkin for 21 September, the same applies. Thanks and congratulations on your work!—Wehwalt (talk) 18:00, 4 August 2023 (UTC) Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:23, 8 August 2023 (UTC) Thank you today for the article below and above, introduced (in 2021): "On a bomb-shattered Pacific island in the waning days of World War II, Robert Kaske read a story about two professors so engrossed in their conversation that by the time dusk turned to dawn, they had forgotten where they were. The story led Kaske to abandon his intentions of a business career; he instead made his way to Cornell and founded one of the preeminent medieval studies graduate programs in North America, credited with producing the backbone of the discipline's next scholastic generation." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:41, 5 September 2023 (UTC) robert kaskehello, Usernameunique! i had a question regarding this article and the associated blurb.
dying (talk) 04:16, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
robert howard hodgkinhello, Usernameunique! i had two questions regarding this article and the associated blurb.
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Thank you today for the article, introduced (in 2021): "Robert Howard Hodgkin is best known not for what he accomplished during his career, but for what came at its end. After spending more than a generation writing it, he placed one of the first histories of Anglo-Saxons into the hands of both general and academic readers. Two years later (and five days into retirement), he reemerged to take on the role of provost at Queen's College, Oxford, after the previous officeholder died in a plane crash. In his second retirement, Hodgkin produced his second book: a six-century history of the college. And so did Hodgkin—son of a banker-cum-historian, father-in-law of a Nobel winner, uncle of another—etch his name in the annals of his family's so-called "Quaker dynasty."! - pics of great days in Berlin, in case of interest --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:14, 21 September 2023 (UTC) Walter Duffield.jpg) certainly prospered down under! Shall drop by the FAC. KJP1 (talk) 07:32, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Rupert Bruce-MitfordHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Rupert Bruce-Mitford you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. Your GA nomination of Rupert Bruce-MitfordThe article Rupert Bruce-Mitford you nominated as a good article has passed Guide to Biblical IranHi how i can send my email you? Aharon Erman (talk) 21:23, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
Promotion of Duffield Memorial
Congratulations, Usernameunique! The article you nominated, Duffield Memorial, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:06, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
WikiCup 2023 November newsletterThe WikiCup is a marathon rather than a sprint and all those reaching the final round have been involved in the competition for the last ten months, improving Wikipedia vastly during the process. After all this hard work,
Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the competition, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.
The WikiCup has run every year since 2007. With the 2023 contest now concluded, I will be standing down as a judge due to real life commitments, so I hope that another editor will take over running the competition. Please get in touch if you are interested. Next year's competition will hopefully begin on 1 January 2024. You are invited to sign up to participate in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors. It only remains to congratulate our worthy winners once again and thank all participants for their involvement! (If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.) Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:52, 5 November 2023 (UTC) ArbCom 2023 Elections voter messageHello! Voting in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 11 December 2023. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2023 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add Your GA nomination of Statue of IndustryHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Statue of Industry you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. DYK for Statue of IndustryOn 2 December 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Statue of Industry, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that 80 police officers were needed to disperse a crowd that tarred and feathered Statue of Industry (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Statue of Industry. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Statue of Industry), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. RoySmith (talk) 00:01, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
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