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Welcome to the 2024 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2024 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 on 31 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: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius (talk · contribs · email), and Frostly (talk · contribs · 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. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:21, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Lou Daukas

On 3 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lou Daukas, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after his professional American football career, Lou Daukas became a lawyer? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lou Daukas. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Lou Daukas), 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.

Z1720 (talk) 00:02, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Twink Twining

Hello! Your submission of Twink Twining at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Z1720 (talk) 03:13, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article 1873 New Jersey Athletic Club football team is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1873 New Jersey Athletic Club football team until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

Let'srun (talk) 15:44, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article 1880 Philadelphia Crescent Athletic Club football team is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1880 Philadelphia Crescent Athletic Club football team until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

Let'srun (talk) 17:14, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Re: Charles Jonasen

You asked about what the book Mill City Scrum has to say about Charles Jonasen. Well, Jonasen played for the Minneapolis Marines, which is what the book is about. The book covers the Marines from 1905 through their final season as the Red Jackets in 1930, and the book includes Jonasen in its year-by-year rosters plus accounts of games. Jonasen played from 1907 through 1921. NorseLord (talk) 19:45, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

  • @NorseLord: Is there any discussion of Jonasen's life or is the only coverage of him in the book listings of him on team rosters and / or brief mentions regarding game performances? BeanieFan11 (talk) 20:01, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
    Unfortunately, for someone who played regularly for 14 seasons, there is almost nothing about him except roster positions, a couple of big plays, and some biographical info like he was a fireman and a policeman. NorseLord (talk) 01:42, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
    @NorseLord: How much biographical information is there? Would you be willing to give me an excerpt? BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:43, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
    Additional info from the book not already on the draft page:
    Charles Jonasen played first base and right field for the Minneapolis Marines amateur baseball team.
    He served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War I.
    He first worked as a shipping clerk for a flour mill, then as a deputy sheriff for the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Department, and later for the Minneapolis Fire Department (1928-1957). NorseLord (talk) 16:59, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
    @NorseLord: Hmm... that is rather slim. Take note that Wikipedia requires it's subjects to have so-called "significant coverage", which basically means that there needs to be sources that cover the topic in-depth (100 words on a topic has been a proposed standard, although it is not a hard rule). I'll leave a note about it on the draft page and will leave it to someone else on whether to accept it or not. BeanieFan11 (talk) 17:34, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Blank line before heading

It is a strong style guideline, universally practiced, to put a blank line before a heading. Just so you know... Dicklyon (talk) 23:01, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious
One year!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:20, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article 1892 Western Maryland Green Terror football team is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1892 Western Maryland Green Terror football team until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Let'srun (talk) 00:12, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article 1893 Western Maryland Green Terror football team is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1893 Western Maryland Green Terror football team until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Let'srun (talk) 00:19, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

NPP Awards for 2023

The New Page Reviewer's Iron Award

For over 360 article reviews during 2023. Well done! Keep up the good work and thank you! Dr vulpes (Talk) 02:49, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi! As requested at the AfD, I've userfied this for you. Not watching the draft, so please ping me if you need anything further. Star Mississippi 02:32, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

oh and same is true for User:User:BeanieFan11/1880 Philadelphia Crescent Athletic Club football team. Star Mississippi 03:13, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
Thanks. BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:23, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Football barnstar
I'm very impressed by your contributions to football-related articles; including the creation of them; including C. O. Brocato and very recently, Ian Cunningham. Thanks for your contributions to this project! ~ Tails Wx (he/him, aroace, 🐾) 19:37, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
  • @Tails Wx: Thank you! I've always remembered you as the user who came one ITN entry away from eliminating me from last year's WikiCup, which I eventually won! BeanieFan11 (talk) 19:43, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
    Ha, I remember that! I was just about to mention it. I actually had one ITN entry that I scrambled to work on. I still remember it to this date; Lloyd Erskine Sandiford. I desperately worked on it for a bit but it couldn't have happened at a worse time, I was actually at a sports-related event. I presumed it to be ready; but it still needs some sources and work, thus it really wasn't ready to be posted at ITN back then. But anyway, I congratulate you on last year's WikiCup victory, and I promise you that I'll prevail the next time this situation happens! ;) (I'm doubtful it will, however.) ~ Tails Wx (he/him, aroace, 🐾) 23:02, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
  • Oh, and by the way, I'm curious: on C. O. Brocato, why did ya decide to tag the newspapers.com references with {{open access}}, although they're freeview clippings? Just curious; I just want to make sure I'm not missing anything. Thanks! ~ Tails Wx (he/him, aroace, 🐾) 22:56, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article 1897 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1897 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Let'srun (talk) 03:07, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Category:New Jersey Athletic Club football seasons indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz Read! Talk! 18:48, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Category:Philadelphia Crescent Athletic Club football seasons indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz Read! Talk! 18:49, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Dom DiSandro

On 13 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dom DiSandro, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Dom DiSandro, the Philadelphia Eagles' chief security officer, was ejected from a game for getting into a scuffle with an opposing player? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dom DiSandro. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Dom DiSandro), 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.

WaggersTALK 00:02, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Forest Van Hook

On 14 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Forest Van Hook, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Forest Van Hook was so large that he always bought two tickets when attending sports events? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Forest Van Hook. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Forest Van Hook), 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.

Schwede66 00:02, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Hook update
Your hook reached 16,797 views (699.9 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of January 2024 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talkcontribs) (he/it) 03:28, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

Nomination of 1892 Biddle football team for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article 1892 Biddle football team is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1892 Biddle football team until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Let'srun (talk) 18:40, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Nomination of 1892 Livingstone football team for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article 1892 Livingstone football team is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1892 Livingstone football team until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Let'srun (talk) 18:41, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article 1901 Wilmington Conference Academy football team is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1901 Wilmington Conference Academy football team until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

Let'srun (talk) 19:32, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

Attack at 1901 Wilmington Conference Academy football team

I respectfully ask you to please strike the personal attack at the AfD for the 1901 Wilmington Conference Academy football team article. If you have an issue with my AfD nominations, you are welcome to take me to ANI. Let'srun (talk) 20:12, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

DYK

... that Keshawn Banks' only NFL appearance came in the playoffs?

Hope you take it to DYK! Could be a good hook about his only game being in the playoffs :) « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 01:28, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi BeanieFan11, I hope you are doing well. Whenever you have some free time, could you please help me find additional sources for Anthony Tieku, aside from the ones I have already cited in the article? Also, I noticed some references on Newspapers.com, but I do not have the subscription for it! Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 19:35, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for your contributions to 1893 Western Maryland Green Terror football team. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because per request at Liz's Talk. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. Star Mississippi 13:28, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Category:UC San Diego Tritons football seasons has been nominated for deletion

Category:UC San Diego Tritons football seasons has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Let'srun (talk) 23:53, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Nomination of Georgetown football, pre–1890 for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Georgetown football, pre–1890 is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Georgetown football, pre–1890 until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Let'srun (talk) 19:16, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

adjacent AfD

assume you're watching, but since I forgot to ping you, I draftified 1881 Georgetown football team for you per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1881 Georgetown football team until this discussion is resolved and the target can be sorted. Not watching the draft, so just ping me if you need anything. Star Mississippi 02:43, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
@Star Mississippi: Thanks, but as you can see in my last comment there I created Georgetown football, 1874–1889 so that draftification wouldn't be needed; its pretty much figured out that it (1881) only needs to be redirected to that page now (which looks like its heading towards keep, as the AFD for it was a bit silly). Thanks, and sorry if I am creating any extra work for you. BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:05, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
No worries. I'll be honest, I was a little confused by the end of the discussion (not your fault, just the volume) and the subsequent AfD. Didn't want to do the redirect and then have it lost as a G8 if the AfD didn't close as retained.
Want me to redirect the draft or you'll do so when it closes? No preference on my end. It's just a few clicks, so less work than if you needed to ask for it. Star Mississippi 03:22, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
I'll just redirect it myself once the AFD is closed. BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:37, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
BTW @Star Mississippi: would you be willing to restore the AFD-deleted List of current National Football League staffs to something like Wikipedia:WikiProject National Football League/List of current National Football League staffs? I've found it useful in the past for editing purposes and it seems there's others who did as well. Thanks, BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:35, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi @BeanieFan11. I'm going to decline this one. Given there was a clear consensus against that article continuing to exist (vs the others where the material is fine, it's just a question of where it should live and you creating the requisite merger targets, etc.) I feel restoring it would overrule community consensus. I have a feeling it will land at DRV, which I'm OK with. I feel like this information should probably live somewhere, it just probably isnt on Wiki. Let me know if you need more info. Star Mississippi 03:06, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
@Star Mississippi: Just to be clear, I'm not asking for it to be part of mainspace again; the list is useful for editors in making changes relating to NFL team staffs and coaches, etc. so I think it would be good in projectspace like you did before with Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of National Football League players with unidentified given names. If you don't think the community consensus supports such an action, I may bring it to DRV to check if you're alright with that (not exactly disagreeing with the closure, which I think was correct, just I think it would serve purpose in projectspace to assist editors like myself in contributing). BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:15, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
I'm absolutely fine with that DRV, @BeanieFan11 and if you do so this evening please feel free to point to this discussion as my blessing to explore the target as I'm about to log off. I'll weigh in to support it when I log back on. I think in this case the DRV would be more productive to establish the new location than a restoration and move which I think would lead to MfD especially since the ANI requester's userpage version was speedied and the last thing we need is even more bureaucracy. It's similar to the so-called permission to allow recreation vs. a G4 that we sometimes see in DRV. I was hoping for an ATD but your position didn't seem to get much traction whereas I think in this request for Project space, it might once folks aren't looking at notability. FWIW if I'd participated as an editor, I probably would have !voted the same as you did. It's useful, but alas it isn't notable nor really could it ever be. Is that helpful? Star Mississippi 03:23, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
Thanks, I'll open one tomorrow. BeanieFan11 (talk) 03:27, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
(talk page stalker) Eh, I didn't comment at that AfD because I couldn't come up with a guideline-based reason for keeping but I think it's a useful navigational aid. It's not everyday a reader complains about an article that was deleted. Not sure it's too different from the lists in Category:Lists of current team rosters. Also, technically you could just transclude the templates yourself in projectspace but that's not going to help readers. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 03:45, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
Wasn't able to get to it today, but I'll make sure I do at some point soon. BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:05, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Ken Moore (American football)

On 29 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ken Moore (American football), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that "Cave Man Kenny" was a "fast-charging, hard-hitting" "ubiquitous" "obstreperous iron man" with "dependable shoulders"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ken Moore (American football). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Ken Moore (American football)), 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.

Kusma (talk) 13:08, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Welcome to the drive!

Welcome, welcome, welcome BeanieFan11! I'm glad that you are joining the drive! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.

CactiStaccingCrane (talk)18:39, 1 February 2024 UTC [refresh]via JWB and Geardona (talk to me?)

DYK for Patrick O'Connell (American football)

On 2 February 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Patrick O'Connell (American football), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Patrick O'Connell made his NFL debut on his birthday, in the only game he played that year? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Patrick O'Connell (American football). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Patrick O'Connell (American football)), 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.

Kusma (talk) 00:03, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

Category:Goldey–Beacom Lightning baseball coaches has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 19:36, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

Category:Beacom College men's basketball coaches has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 19:37, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

Category:Beacom College football coaches has been nominated for merging

Category:Beacom College football coaches has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 19:38, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

Category:Goldey–Beacom Lightning men's soccer coaches has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 19:43, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Twink Twining

On 4 February 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Twink Twining, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Dr. Twink Twining was a Major League Baseball player? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Twink Twining. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Twink Twining), 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.

Kusma (talk) 00:03, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Nick Whiteside

On 7 February 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Nick Whiteside, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Nick Whiteside overcame a torn Achilles tendon in 2021 and a broken foot in 2022 to play in the National Football League in 2023? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Nick Whiteside. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Nick Whiteside), 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.

Kusma (talk) 12:08, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Page mover granted

Hello, BeanieFan11. Your account has been granted the "extendedmover" user right, either following a request for it or demonstrating familiarity with working with article names and moving pages. You are now able to rename pages without leaving behind a redirect, move subpages when moving the parent page(s), and move category pages.

Please take a moment to review Wikipedia:Page mover for more information on this user right, especially the criteria for moving pages without leaving a redirect. Please remember to follow post-move cleanup procedures and make link corrections where necessary, including broken double-redirects when suppressredirect is used. This can be done using Special:WhatLinksHere. It is also very important that no one else be allowed to access your account, so you should consider taking a few moments to secure your password. As with all user rights, be aware that if abused, or used in controversial ways without consensus, your page mover status can be revoked.

Useful links:

If you do not want the page mover right anymore, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Thank you, and happy editing! Hey man im josh (talk) 20:01, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Did you know...

... that Ibraheim Campbell wore a different jersey number every year of his 7-year career. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:54, 8 February 2024 (UTC)]

January 2024 NPP backlog drive – Points award

The New Page Patroller's Barnstar

This award is given in recognition to BeanieFan11 for collecting more than 100 points during the January 2024 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions played a part in the 16,070 reviews completed during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 22:34, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

January 2024 NPP backlog drive – Streak award

Geneva mechanism Award

This award is given in recognition to BeanieFan11 for collecting at least 25 points during each week of the January 2024 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions played a part in the 16,070 reviews completed during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 23:02, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

User:BeanieFan11/Bill Collins (American football player), a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:BeanieFan11/Bill Collins (American football player) and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:BeanieFan11/Bill Collins (American football player) during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Owen× 19:50, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 February newsletter

The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017.

Our current leader is newcomer Generalissima (submissions), who has one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher) and 10 GAs and 12 DYKs mostly on New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

As a reminder, competitors may submit work for the first round until 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February, and the second round starts 1 March. Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round; currently, competitors need at least 15 points to progress. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. 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. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:57, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article 1903 Western Illinois Purple and Gold football team is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1903 Western Illinois Purple and Gold football team until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Let'srun (talk) 22:54, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Category:Goldey–Beacom Lightning men's soccer indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. plicit 14:49, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Category:Goldey–Beacom Lightning baseball indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. plicit 14:49, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Category:Beacom College men's basketball indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. plicit 14:49, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

I deleted the above empty categories early in order to link to the cause, Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2024_February_3#Category:Beacom_College_football_coaches. If you have any other material with which to repopulate them, I will happily undelete them. – Fayenatic London 18:22, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Keshawn Banks

On 15 February 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Keshawn Banks, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Keshawn Banks's only NFL appearance came in the playoffs? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Keshawn Banks. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Keshawn Banks), 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.

Z1720 (talk) 00:02, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

Npp

@BeanieFan11 Patrol the page Fisayomi Abebi Thanks. Jutos222 (talk) 22:53, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Andy Dickerson

On 17 February 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Andy Dickerson, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that offensive lineman Andy Dickerson is not to be confused with offensive lineman Andy Dickerson? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Andy Dickerson. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Andy Dickerson), 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.

Ganesha811 (talk) 00:03, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Andy Dickerson (offensive lineman, born 1963)

On 17 February 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Andy Dickerson (offensive lineman, born 1963), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that offensive lineman Andy Dickerson is not to be confused with offensive lineman Andy Dickerson? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Andy Dickerson. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Andy Dickerson (offensive lineman, born 1963)), 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.

Ganesha811 (talk) 00:03, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Brandon Coleman (offensive lineman)

Hello! Your submission of Brandon Coleman (offensive lineman) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! grungaloo (talk) 17:14, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

DYK for 1892 Biddle vs. Livingstone football game

On 21 February 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 1892 Biddle vs. Livingstone football game, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 1892 Biddle vs. Livingstone football game was the first college football game ever played between historically black schools? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/1892 Biddle vs. Livingstone football game. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 1892 Biddle vs. Livingstone football game), 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) 00:02, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Special Barnstar
Beanie, you are one the one the best editors Wikipedia has because you are able and willing to do the hard work it takes to create and maintain this encyclopedia which is exemplified by not only creating articles, getting them to DYK, GA and even FA but also saving articles from AfD and helping along drafts that would otherwise be declined and possibly G13 deleted. Much respect! S0091 (talk) 21:43, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

March 2024 GAN backlog drive

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(t · c) buidhe 02:39, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

What ever happened to the contest proposal?

Hi!

I happened upon your proposal for a sports cleanup contest and I think it’s a cool idea. Any status updates about it?

Cheers, RadioactiveBoulevardier (talk) 22:36, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Brad Kragthorpe

On 27 February 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Brad Kragthorpe, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that football player Brad Kragthorpe played in an exhibition game named after his grandfather? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Brad Kragthorpe. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Brad Kragthorpe), 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.

Z1720 (talk) 00:03, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Georgetown football, 1874–1889

Hello! Your submission of Georgetown football, 1874–1889 at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! – Muboshgu (talk) 04:24, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 March newsletter

The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2.

The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points:

In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to Vami_IV (submissions), who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five A-class articles, eight other good articles, and two Four Awards. Vami also wrote an essay on completionism, a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his to-do list.

Remember that any content promoted after 27 February 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 Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. 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. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:40, 28 February 2024 (UTC)