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WikiCup 2011 September newsletter

We are on this year's home straight, with less than a month to go until the winner of the 2011 WikiCup will be decided. The fight for first place is currently being contested by Miyagawa (submissions), Hurricanehink (submissions) and Sp33dyphil (submissions), all of whom have over 200 points. This round has already seen multiple featured articles (1991 Atlantic hurricane season from Hurricanehink and Northrop YF-23 from Sp33dyphil) and a double-scoring featured list (Miyagawa's 1948 Summer Olympics medal table). The scores will likely increase far further before the end of the round on October 31 as everyone ups their pace. There is not much more to say- thoughts about next year's competition are welcome on the WikiCup talk page or the scoring talk page, and signups will open once a few things have been sorted out.

If you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, 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 are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 12:36, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Mike Echols (American football)

Hello! Your submission of Mike Echols (American football) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Wasted Time R (talk) 01:07, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

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DYK for Mike Echols (American football)

On 12 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mike Echols (American football), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that despite being with five different teams during the 2004 NFL season, cornerback Mike Echols did not appear in any games? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mike Echols (American football).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 12:02, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

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Jim Cordle

Hello Giants27, I just thought I'd let you know that I saw your article Jim Cordle in the New Articles list-- The layout of the article makes it very clear.However, I noticed there are some holes that may need filling: the article does not contain in-line citations, and so doesn't follow Wikipedia style guidelines. Kind regards and happy editing! Amy Z (talk) 19:08, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Aaron Smith

My mistake, I just saw the story. Sorry for the mix up. --Bongwarrior (talk) 19:08, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

Don't worry about it, I screw up transactions all the time, haha.--Giants27(T|C) 19:10, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Michael Jameson

On 24 October 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Michael Jameson, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that former Cleveland Browns safety Michael Jameson was the final member of the Browns' 2001 NFL Draft class to be on the roster? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Michael Jameson.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thanks from me Victuallers (talk) 00:02, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

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