User talk:Awesomeninja1589

Welcome to my talk page! Please put the newest stuff at the bottom. If I talk to you on your talk page, reply there. I will be monitoring it. If you talk to me on my talk page, I'll reply here. Be sure to add this page to your watchlist by clicking the star button on the top. Thank you. Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 00:42, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

hi

hi. im new here and my name is awesomeninja1589. well, im not really new here but i forgot my password and i had 2 make a new account. i was ninjadude8. Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 00:39, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

awesome!

hey every1! :) i just made a new pg/article! it's called Star Wars: Jedi Academy (book). Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 22:40, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

Randykitty messed up the new article. Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 22:41, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

OK guys, im trying 2 get it fixed. Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 00:48, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

EPIC FAIL. Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 19:18, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

Just kidding, only a redirect now... Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 00:46, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

aqw wiki helper

hi now your mistake is you age in aqw is less than 18 so you cannot chat normally and bad thing is you can not change your age in aqw sorry any thing go to me talk page bye!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by AQW wiki helper (talk • contribs) 15:50, 14 October 2014 (UTC)

OK you can fix my character page — Preceding unsigned comment added by AQW wiki helper (talk • contribs) 11:48, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

hey dudes!

im trying to make 2 new articles called Arcane Legends and Dark Legends. pls help me expand them. go to my sandbox to help. im currently working on arcane legends. i will soon work on dark legends with u guys' help. thx, Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 01:56, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

it was an epic fail. i cancelled it. Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 21:53, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

November 2014

Hello, I'm Elizium23. I noticed that you recently removed some content from Captain America: The First Avenger without explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; I restored the removed content. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! Elizium23 (talk) 00:23, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

for ur info, im a wikignome so I don't really want to explain my edits. but thx 4 fixing my captain America edit. my pc went berserk earlier. Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 00:27, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

Even wikignomes need to use edit summaries. Elizium23 (talk) 00:42, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

yeah i know but i just want to not put edit summaries as much as i can. if i need to, i will. Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 19:16, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

Using colors

To color my signature, I used a font tag (color=green).

However, there is a more full explanation of how to use the span tag to change colors at Help:Using colours.

Cheers! --GentlemanGhost (converse) 23:04, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

no no no, i think u missunderstood me. i meant for talk pg background color. Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 23:12, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

Ah, I understand now. I'm not sure if that's possible. I can't find any examples of it. If you see one, you could try to copy the code. --GentlemanGhost (converse) 00:17, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

meteor sandwich yum helped me do it on my user pg. but hes having a wikibreak. i dont want to screw up my talk pg by copying the code so yeah. got any ideas? Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 00:28, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

okay i got it. thx 4 trying 2 help me. Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 20:08, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

Well done! --GentlemanGhost (converse) 21:38, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 22:24, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

National varieties of English

In a recent edit to the page Ministry of Magic, you changed one or more words or styles from one national variety of English to another. Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect national varieties of English in Wikipedia articles.

For a subject exclusively related to the United Kingdom (for example, a famous British person), use British English. For something related to the United States in the same way, use American English. For something related to another English-speaking country, such as Canada, Australia, or New Zealand, use the variety of English used there. For an international topic, use the form of English that the original author used.

In view of that, please don't change articles from one version of English to another, even if you don't normally use the version in which the article is written. Respect other people's versions of English. They, in turn, should respect yours. Other general guidelines on how Wikipedia articles are written can be found in the Manual of Style. If you have any questions about this, you can ask me on my talk page or visit the help desk. Thank you. Elizium23 (talk) 02:42, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

aqw wiki helper

i was so busy for 1 month or more i am so sorry i din't reply to you

thats ok. remember to sign ur posts by putting 4 tildes (~). Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 17:55, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

happy new year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by AQW wiki helper (talk • contribs) 11:22, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

u 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 15:26, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

ok

k so you want my sign AQW wiki helper (talk) 05:53, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

good job! u must do that at the end of every post u do. Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 14:30, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

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i fixed it Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 15:20, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

Blitzwinger

hey dudes! does any of u know anything about Blitzwinger the Youtuber? if you guys do, help me do an article on Blitzwinger on my sandbox.Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 01:46, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

sorry no AQW wiki helper (talk) 14:18, 22 January 2015 (UTC)

thats ok Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 00:09, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

Using this...

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

...I found that he is mentioned in a Variety article.

It's a casual mention, so it's not enough to build an article on, but it's a start. --GentlemanGhost (converse) 04:59, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

im thinking of giving up. btw im one of his fans. his videos are awesome. Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 05:38, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/awesomeninja1589

Hey Awesomeninja! I noticed you nominated yourself for adminship which is really honorable thing to do. Thank you for being willing to help serve the community in that capacity. Unfortunately, I don't think you're quite ready for the tool set yet. You see, the community has a few guidelines and criteria that they tend to expect from candidates who are nominated or put themselves up for nomination. Don't worry, nobody will think any less of you - in fact, we'd rather see you come back after you have a few thousand edits and are a little more experienced within the community. If you have any questions, feel free to send me a message. Thanks a lot, and I look forward to seeing you around! Dusti^{*Let's talk!*} 16:00, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

Also, since your RfA hasn't actually started yet, I'd recommend either moving it to your userspace or putting a CSD tag on it asking for someone to delete it - just to avoid inadvertent votes :) Dusti^{*Let's talk!*} 16:01, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

RfA

Hi Awesomeninja,

Please realize that it takes at least more than six months of solid experience and thousands of edits to even be considered at RfA. With only four months and 500 edits, your RfA would almost surely fail (with pile-on oppose votes). Thus, your transclusion to the RfA page has been reverted. You can restore it if you want, but you have fair warning... --Biblioworm 16:02, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

RFA

I undid your last edit to the RFA page because that's not how you add yourself. Also, I'd suggest reading WP:RFA#Nomination standards in more detail before proceeding. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 16:03, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/awesomeninja1589

A tag has been placed on Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/awesomeninja1589, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

WP:NOTNOW & WP:COMMONSENSE

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not meet basic Wikipedia criteria may be deleted at any time.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Jim Carter 09:48, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

yeah ok go ahead and delete it. Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 15:14, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

Deleted. Jim Carter 08:54, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

January 2015

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you disrupt Wikipedia, as you did at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/awesomeninja1589. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 11:52, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

what?!? what did i do? i was just trying to be admin. i just failed. and pls dont block me. i didnt mean 2 be disruptive. Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 20:35, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

Creating an RfA against all advice is disruptive editing and a waste of time of the people who have better things to do than clean up nonsense. By making that RfA you have in fact demonstrated that by refusing to take advice and refusing to read instructions, you are most certainly not suited for the task and will now not be for a very long time (perhaps years). Because you cannot read instructions and because your English also possibly has some room for improvement you are probably not yet able to do any other maintenance tasks on Wikipedia on Wikipedia. The message above is a warning, it is not a block, but from the comments and material on your user page I am not wholly convinced that you are going to have a trouble free career on Wikipedia. It's up to you. I suggest you confine yourself to improving articles instead of wanting to police them, and if you need any help don't hesitate to ask me on my talk pag - I generally do not bite, but read my talk page header carefully. Happy editing ! . --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 00:08, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

I handle a lot of unblock requests and frankly I would like to advise Kudpung that this warning is not helpful and if a block was made for these reasons it would likely be discussed at ANI and reversed. Chillum 19:53, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

Seconded. You don't bite, but you accuse AN1589 of disruptive editing, wasting your time, and creating nonsense? If that's not biting the newbie, Kudpung, I don't know what is. --GentlemanGhost (converse) 01:43, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

I do know good English and I can spell stuff right. I just thought that by shortening my words I can be faster. You want me to write like this? Fine. Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 00:05, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Edit summary usage

Hi, please remember to use edit summaries when making edits. It helps people understand your reasons for doing something, and saves people from having to look at the diff to figure out what went wrong. Without an edit summary, you could easily be reverted for "unexplained _____" and other unexplained actions. Thanks! — kikichugirl ^speak up! 01:56, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

Minor Edits

FYI, this is not a minor edit. Minor edits consist of things such as typographical corrections, formatting changes or rearrangement of text without modification of content, or removing vandalism. See Help:Minor Edit for more details. Cheers. — Strongjam (talk) 13:26, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

Okay, I'll remember. Thanks! Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 22:04, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015 March newsletter

One of several of Godot13's quality submissions during round 1

That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed and we're into round 2. 64 competitors made it into this round, and are now broken into eight groups of eight. The top two of each group will go through to round 3, and then the top scoring 16 "wildcards" across all groups. Round 1 saw some interesting work on some very important articles, with the round leader Freikorp (submissions) owing most of his 622 points scored to a Featured Article on the 2001 film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within which qualified for a times-two multiplier. This is a higher score than in previous years, as Godot13 (submissions) had 500 points in 2014 at the end of round 1, and our very own judge, Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) led round 1 with 601 points in 2013.

In addition to Freikorp's work, some other important articles and pictures were improved during round one, here's a snapshot of a few of them:

• Cwmhiraeth (submissions) took Bumblebee, a level-4 vital article, to Good Article;
• AHeneen (submissions) worked-up the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 article, also to Good Article status;
• Rodw (submissions) developed an extremely timely article to Good Article, taking Magna Carta there some 800 years after it was first sealed;
• And last but not least, Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points) worked up a number of Featured Pictures during round 1, including the 1948 one Deutsche Mark (pictured right), receiving the maximum bonus due to the number of Wikis that the related article appears in.

You may also wish to know that The Core Contest is running through the month of March. Head there for further details - they even have actual prizes!

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. 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. Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), Miyagawa (talk · contribs · email) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email)

Thanks for your assistance! Miyagawa (talk) on behalf of Wikipedia:WikiCup.

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my birthday is coming up on 17 march!!! yes i cant wait

yeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyey blablaaaaaaaaaa AQW wiki helper (talk) 16:58, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

Good for you! Happy Birthday! Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 21:44, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

Happy belated birthday! --GentlemanGhost (converse) 00:37, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

Yes, happy belated! meteor_sandwich_yum (talk) 09:39, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

HI!

long time not meet! so good that you play aqw i dont go in aqw so much but if you are lucky you will find me in artix so long bye!AQW wiki helper (talk) 13:05, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, ok. Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 22:28, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Catching up

Hey. Nice to hear from you. I've been gone...six months? My life is pretty crazy.

No worries about your edit on my user page, you were just trying to get in touch (and yes, I did read the messages you left for me).
I finally came back from my wikibreak just yesterday, which is why I didn't respond before—I wasn't reading my talk page.

Regarding getting locked out of your old account, I have a couple remarks:

• Following these instructions might let you back into your old account if you wanted to get you old watchlist back or whatever.
• A clear redirect between both accounts might be helpful.
• Although user accounts themselves can't be deleted or merged ^(source) their histories can be merged, something any admin here would be able to do for you.

So what are you up to currently? meteor_sandwich_yum (talk) 05:52, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

Hey dude. I'm glad you are back and well. Wikipedia still needs you! I found all the smileys and stuff. I remembered most of the stuff I had in my watchlist. Anyways, it's always good to start a new watchlist and a new account. Also, I'm writing sentences properly because of some guy who said I should do this. For example, I'm not going to write something like "u r awesome" or "cookies 4 u 2" or something like that. I'm also trying to write more mature-ish-er and stuff. I'm currently working on putting some more sections in Jutsu (Naruto) and adding more events to AQW. Also, I am not a fake. I am the original ninjadude8. I still like Naruto, Harry Potter, Ben 10, Ninjas, and I am a gamer. I hope you do not think of me as a fake. Anyways, I figured how to turn my userpage and user talk green. Happy belated April Fool's Day! (Technically that's not a holiday but yeah it works. ) Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 17:34, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

...says the evil doppelgänger of the true Ninjadude8

No, really, I believe you're the same person. Wish you well. meteor_sandwich_yum (talk) 03:43, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. You too dude. By the way do you play any online games? Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 04:02, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

Happy Easter!

File:Chocolate-Easter-Bunny.jpg

All the best! "Carry me down, carry me down; carry me down into the wiki!" (talk) 05:10, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

Wow ok thanks. Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 17:12, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

April 2015

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. You appear to be engaged in an edit war with one or more editors according to your reverts at AdventureQuest Worlds. Although repeatedly reverting or undoing another editor's contributions may seem necessary to protect your preferred version of a page, on Wikipedia this is usually seen as obstructing the normal editing process, and often creates animosity between editors. Instead of edit warring, please discuss the situation with the editor(s) involved and try to reach a consensus on the talk page.

If editors continue to revert to their preferred version they are likely to lose editing privileges. This isn't done to punish an editor, but to prevent the disruption caused by edit warring. In particular, editors should be aware of the three-revert rule, which says that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Edit warring on Wikipedia is not acceptable in any amount, and violating the three-revert rule is very likely to lead to a loss of editing privileges. Thank you. — kikichugirl ^oh hello! 00:32, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

Awesome! New page!

This is so awesome, everyone! I finally made a page that no one deleted. Awesome!!! It is called Five Nights at Freddy's 4. Everyone who sees this, please expand that article. Thank you! :D Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 02:31, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

And...It's ruined. Another page turned into a redirect. Noooooo! D: Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 16:01, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015 May newsletter

C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) is a long-period comet discovered on 17 August 2014 by Terry Lovejoy; and is one of several Featured Pictures worked up by The Herald (submissions) during the second round.

The second round one has all wrapped up, and round three has now begun! Congratulations to the 34 contestants who have made it through, but well done and thank you to all contestants who took part in our second round. Leading the way overall was Cas Liber (submissions) in Group B with a total of 777 points for a variety of contributions including Good Articles on Corona Borealis and Microscopium - both of which received the maximum bonus.

Special credit must be given to a number of high importance articles improved during the second round.

• Coemgenus (submissions) was one of several users who worked on improving Ulysses S. Grant. Remember, you do not need to work on an article on your own - as long as each person has completed significant work on the article during 2015, multiple competitors can claim the same article.
• Cwmhiraeth (submissions) took Dragonfly to Good Article for a 3x bonus - and if that wasn't enough, they also took Damselfly there as well for a 2x bonus.
• LeftAire (submissions) worked up Alexander Hamilton to Good Article for the maximum bonus. Hamilton was one of the founding fathers of the United States and is a level 4 vital article.

The points varied across groups, with the lowest score required to gain automatic qualification was 68 in Group A - meanwhile the second place score in Group H was 404, which would have been high enough to win all but one of the other Groups! As well as the top two of each group automatically going through to the third round, a minimum score of 55 was required for a wildcard competitor to go through. We had a three-way tie at 55 points and all three have qualified for the next round, in the spirit of fairness. The third round ends on June 28, with the top two in each group progressing automatically while the remaining 16 highest scorers across all four groups go through as wildcards. Good luck to all competitors for the third round! Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), Miyagawa (talk · contribs · email) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) 17:06, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Guestbook

Anyone want to sign my guestbook? Awesomeninja1589 (talk) 01:30, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015 September newsletter

The finals for the 2015 Wikicup has now begun! Congrats to the 8 contestants who have survived to the finals, and well done and thanks to everyone who took part in rounds 3 and 4.

In round 3, we had a three-way tie for qualification among the wildcard contestants, so we had 34 competitors. The leader was by far Casliber (submissions) in Group B, who earned 1496 points. Although 913 of these points were bonus points, he submitted 15 articles in the DYK category. Second place overall was Coemgenus (submissions) at 864 points, who although submitted just 2 FAs for 400 points, earned double that amount for those articles in bonus points. Everyone who moved forward to Round 4 earned at least 100 points.

The scores required to move onto the semifinals were impressive; the lowest scorer to move onto the finals was 407, making this year's Wikicup as competitive as it's always been. Our finalists, ordered by round 4 score, are:

1. Cas Liber (submissions), who is competing in his sixth consecutive Wikicup final, again finished the round in first place, with an impressive 1666 points in Pool B. Casliber writes about the natural sciences, including ornithology, botany and astronomy. A large bulk of his points this round were bonus points.
2. Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points), second place both in Pool B and overall, earned the bulk of his points with FPs, mostly depicting currency.
3. Cwmhiraeth (submissions), first in Pool A, came in third. His specialty is natural science articles; in Round 4, he mostly submitted articles about insects and botany. Five out of the six of the GAs he submitted were level-4 vital articles.
4. Harrias (submissions), second in Pool A, took fourth overall. He tends to focus on articles about cricket and military history, specifically the 1640s First English Civil War.
5. West Virginian (submissions), from Pool A, was our highest-scoring wildcard. West Virginia tends to focus on articles about the history of (what for it!) the U.S. state of West Virginia.
6. Rodw (submissions), from Pool A, likes to work on articles about British geography and places. Most of his points this round were earned from two impressive accomplishments: a GT about Scheduled monuments in Somerset and a FT about English Heritage properties in Somerset.
7. Rationalobserver (submissions), from Pool B, came in seventh overall. RO earned the majority of her points from GARs and PRs, many of which were earned in the final hours of the round.
8. Calvin999 (submissions), also from Pool B, who was competing with RO for the final two spots in the final hours, takes the race for most GARs and PRs—48.

The intense competition between RO and Calvin999 will continue into the finals. They're both eligible for the Newcomers Trophy, given for the first time in the Wikicup; whoever makes the most points will win it.

Good luck to the finalists; the judges are sure that the competition will be fierce!

Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs), Miyagawa (talk · contribs) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs) 11:48, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015: The results

WikiCup 2015 is now in the books! Congrats to our finalists and winners, and to everyone who took part in this year's competition.

This year's results were an exact replica of last year's competition. For the second year in a row, the 2015 WikiCup champion is Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points). All of his points were earned for an impressive 253 featured pictures and their associated bonus points (5060 and 1695, respectively). His entries constituted scans of currency from all over the world and scans of medallions awarded to participants of the U.S. Space program. Cwmhiraeth (submissions) came in second place; she earned by far the most bonus points (4082), for 4 featured articles, 15 good articles, and 147 DYKs, mostly about in her field of expertise, natural science. Cas Liber (submissions), a finalist every year since 2010, came in third, with 2379 points.

Our newcomer award, presented to the best-performing new competitor in the WikiCup, goes to Rationalobserver (submissions). Everyone should be very proud of the work they accomplished. We will announce our other award winners soon.

A full list of our award winners are:

• Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points) wins the prize for first place and the FP prize for 330 featured pictures in the final round.
• Cwmhiraeth (submissions) wins the prize for second place and the DYK prize for 160 did you knows in the final round (310 in all rounds).
• Cas Liber (submissions) wins the prize for third place and the FA prize for 26 featured articles in all rounds.
• West Virginian (submissions) wins the prize for fourth place
• Calvin999 (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
• Rationalobserver (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
• Harrias (submissions) wins a final 8 prize and the FL prize for 11 featured lists.
• Rodw (submissions) wins the most prizes: a final 8 prize, the GA prize for 41 good articles, and the topic prize for a 13-article good topic and an 8-article featured topic, both in round 3.
• ThaddeusB (submissions) wins the news prize for the most news articles in round 3.

We warmly invite all of you to sign up for next year's competition. Discussions and polls concerning potential rules changes are also open, and all are welcome to participate. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2016 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.

Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · logs), Miyagawa (talk · contribs · logs) and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · logs) 18:39, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

WikiCup Award

Awarded for participating in the 2015 WikiCup. Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs), Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 19:34, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability 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, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:08, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

WikiCup 2016 is just around the corner...

Hello everyone, and we would like to wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2016 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. There are some changes we'd like to announce before the competition begins.

After two years of serving as WikiCup judge, User:Miyagawa has stepped down as judge. He deserves great thanks and recognition for his dedication and hard work, and for providing necessary transition for a new group of judges in last year's Cup. Joining Christine (User:Figureskatingfan) and Jason (User:Sturmvogel 66) is Andrew (User:Godot13), a very successful WikiCup competitor and expert in Featured Pictures; he won the two previous competitions. This is a strong judging team, and we anticipate lots of enjoyment and good work coming from our 2016 competitors.

We would also like to announce one change in how this year's WikiCup will be run. In the spirit of sportsmanship, Godot13 and Cwmhiraeth have chosen to limit their participation. See here for the announcement and a complete explanation of why. They and the judges feel that it will make for a more exciting, enjoyable, and productive competition.

The discussions/polls concerning the next competition's rules will be closed soon, and rules changes will be made clear on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring and talk pages. The judges are committed to not repeating the confusion that occurred last year and to ensuring that the new rules are both fair and in the best interests of the competition, which is, first and foremost, about improving Wikipedia.

If you have any questions or concerns, the judges can be reached on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, on their talk pages, or by email. We hope you will all join us in trying to make the 2015 WikiCup the most productive and enjoyable yet. You are receiving this message because you are listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Figureskatingfan (talk), and Godot13 (talk).--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

WikiCup 2016: Game On!

We are about to enter the second week of the 2016 WikiCup. The most recent player to sign up brings the current total to 101 contestants. Signups close on 5 February. If you’re interested, you can join this year's WikiCup here.

We are aware that in some areas the scoring bot’s numbers are a little bit off (i.e., overly generous) and are working to have that corrected as soon as possible.--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:03, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup 2016: Game On!

We are about to enter the second week of the 2016 WikiCup. The most recent player to sign up brings the current total to 101 contestants. Signups close on 5 February. If you’re interested, you can join this year's WikiCup here.

We are aware that in some areas the scoring bot’s numbers are a little bit off (i.e., overly generous) and are working to have that corrected as soon as possible.--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:07, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup 2015 March newsletter

One of Adam Cuerden’s several quality restorations during round 1

That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed and we're into round 2. Forty-seven competitors move into this round (a bit shy of the expected 64), and we are roughly broken into eight groups of six. The top two of each group will go through to round 3, and then the top scoring 16 "wildcards" across all groups.

Twenty-two Good Articles were submitted, including three by Cyclonebiskit (submissions), and two each by MPJ-DK (submissions), Hurricanehink (submissions), 12george1 (submissions), and Cas Liber (submissions). Twenty-one Featured Pictures were claimed, including 17 by Adam Cuerden (submissions) (the Round 1 high scorer). Thirty-one contestants saw their DYKs appear on the main page, with a commanding lead (28) by Cwmhiraeth (submissions). Twenty-nine participants conducted GA reviews with J Milburn (submissions) completing nine.

If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Thanks to everyone for participating, and good luck to those moving into round 2. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:38, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup 2016 March newsletter (update)

Along with getting the year wrong in the newsletter that went out earlier this week, we did not mention (as the bot did not report) that Cas Liber (submissions) claimed the first Featured Article Persoonia terminalis of the 2016 Wikicup. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 (talk · contribs · email).--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:05, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup 2016 May newsletter

FP of Christ Church Cathedral, Falkland Islands by Godot13

Round 2 is over and 35 competitors have moved on to Round 3.

Round 2 saw three FAs (two by Cas Liber (submissions) and one by Montanabw (submissions)), four Featured Lists (with three by Calvin999 (submissions)), and 53 Good Articles (six by Worm That Turned (submissions) and five each by Hurricanehink (submissions), Cwmhiraeth (submissions), and MPJ-DK (submissions)). Eleven Featured Pictures were promoted (six by Adam Cuerden (submissions) and five by Godot13 (submissions)). One Featured Portal, Featured Topic and Good Topic were also promoted. The DYK base point total was 1,135. Cwmhiraeth (submissions) scored 265 base points, while The C of E (submissions) and MPJ-DK (submissions) each scored 150 base points. Eleven ITN were promoted and 131 Good Article Reviews were conducted with MPJ-DK (submissions) completing a staggering 61 reviews. Two contestants, Cwmhiraeth (submissions) and Cas Liber (submissions), broke the 700 point mark for Round 2.

If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Thanks to everyone for participating, and good luck to those moving into round 2. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) -- MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:59, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

WikiCup 2016 November newsletter: Final results

The final round of the 2016 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2016 WikiCup top three finalists:

• First Place - Cas Liber (submissions)
• Second Place - MPJ-DK (submissions)
• Third Place - Adam Cuerden (submissions)

In addition to recognizing the achievements of the top finishers and everyone who worked hard to make it to the final round, we also want to recognize those participants who were most productive in each of the WikiCup scoring categories:

• Featured Article – Cas Liber (actually a three-way tie with themselves for two FAs in each of R2, R3, and R5).
• Good Article – MPJ-DK had 14 GAs promoted in R3.
• Featured List – Calvin999 (submissions) produced 2 FLs in R2
• Featured Pictures – Adam Cuerden restored 18 images to FP status in R4.
• Featured Portal – SSTflyer (submissions) produced the only FPO of the Cup in R2.
• Featured Topic – Cyclonebiskit (submissions) and Calvin were each responsible for one FT in R3 and R2, respectively.
• Good Topic – MPJ-DK created a GT with 9 GAs in R5.
• Did You Know – MPJ-DK put 53 DYKs on the main page in R4.
• In The News – Dharmadhyaksha (submissions) and Muboshgu (submissions), each with 5 ITN, both in R4.
• Good Article Review – MPJ-DK completed 61 GARs in R2.

Over the course of the 2016 WikiCup the following content was added to Wikipedia (only reporting on fixed value categories): 17 Featured Articles, 183 Good Articles, 8 Featured Lists, 87 Featured Pictures, 40 In The News, and 321 Good Article Reviews. Thank you to all the competitors for your hard work and what you have done to improve Wikipedia.--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:52, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

We will open up a discussion for comments on process and scoring in a few days. The 2017 WikiCup is just around the corner! Many thanks from all the judges. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Figureskatingfan (talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 (talk · contribs · email)

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016-2017 GA Cup Greetings, all! We would like to announce the start of the 4th GA Cup, a competition that seeks to encourage the reviewing of Good article nominations! Thus far, there have been three GA Cups, which were successful in reaching our goals of significantly reducing the traditionally long queue at GAN, so we're doing it again. Currently, there are over 400 nominations listed. We hope that we can again make an impact this time. The 4th GA Cup will begin on November 1, 2016. Four rounds are currently scheduled (which will bring the competition to a close on February 28, 2017), but this may change based on participant numbers. We may take a break in December for the holidays, depending on the results of a poll of our participants taken shortly after the competition begins. The sign-up and submissions process will remain the same, as will the scoring. Sign-ups for the upcoming competition are currently open and will close on November 14, 2016. Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors, so sign-up now! If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the judges. Cheers from 3family6, Figureskatingfan, Jaguar, MrWooHoo, and Zwerg Nase. We apologize for the delay in sending out this message until after the competition has started. Thank you to Krishna Chaitanya Velaga for aiding in getting this message out. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletters, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.

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WikiCup December newsletter: WikiCup 2017

On 1 January 2017, WikiCup 2017 (the 10th Annual WikiCup) will begin. This year we are trying something a little different – monetary prizes.

For the WC2017 the prizes will be as follows (amounts are based in US$ and will be awarded in the form of an online Amazon gift certificate):

• First place – $200
• Second & Third place – $50 each
• Category prizes – $25 per category (which will be limited to FA, FL, FP, GA, and DYK for 2017). Winning a category prize does not require making it to the final round.

Note: Monetary prizes are a one-year experiment for 2017 and may or may not be continued in the future. In order to be eligible to receive any of the prizes above, the competing Wikipedia account must have a valid/active email address.

After two years as a WikiCup judge, Figureskatingfan is stepping down. We thank her for her contributions as a WikiCup judge. We are pleased to announce that our newest judge is two-time WikiCup champion Cwmhiraeth.

The judges for the 2017 WikiCup are Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), and Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email).

Signups are open now and will remain open until 5 February 2017. You can sign up here.

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Creation of Gilpertpedon stand alone article

New Updates & Messages For Active Participants in the Marvel Comics work group

• Current message (25/1/2020)

Greetings to you all & a great weekend. I took the iniative to send this mass message to you all because I observed from the article on Elders of the Universe that certain key members of the Elders of the Universe have no article of theirs and most glaring is that of Gilpertpedon/The Runner. I believe subject has become notable enough for a stand alone article & it would be a great idea for someone in possession of a picture of the runner which is their own work (as to avoid image copyright violations) to begin the article. Then the rest of us contribute to the article’s development.Celestina007 (talk) 14:38, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:49, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

Pending Action Requiring Urgent Attention

Greetings to you all & a great weekend to you all. I want to use this medium to remind us that certain imperative actions such as the under listed actions still need to be attended to

• Review Category:Marvel Comics character stubs and merge to List of Marvel Comics characters as appropriate.
• Review the image at Category:Comics images lacking original published source/Marvel to provide original publication source information (title, issue, cover date, artist(s))..
• Collect categories, resource links, and templates.

And most imperative;

• Recruit interested editors who have shown interest in our Marvel community.

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