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Twelve Tribes Diet False Allegations Of Unsourced Cobtent

Hello you removed a section on diet if members of the Twelve Tribes. A very simple quick search for "twelve tribes mate factor" would have revealed many media reports, as well as acknowledgements from the group itself that it owns the company. As for the other diet things, they can also be verified. I am asking that we not make such strong allegations of untrue content without doing research, as this is just as potentially harmful to the Wikipedia community as if people put false information up. Thanks 'Pedia Trician (talk) 10:30, 14 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

No, it's categorically not, "just as potentially harmful to the Wikipedia community" to remove unsourced content as it is to "put false information up." I make no apologies for having done so, and I will do so again if the content remains unsourced. Hallward's Ghost ^(Kevin) ^{(My talkpage)} 22:02, 14 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You could ask for the material to be cited instead of just taking it down, and saying it is "probably false." As mentioned, it is easily verifiable by both media and the group's own confirmations that this is true.

This way there is more contributions to the page, rather than removal of true content just because a prior editor added content and couldn't figure out how to add a citation. 'Pedia Trician (talk) 10:11, 17 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It was marked as needing a citation, and it sat unfixed for three months before I finally removed it. Hallward's Ghost ^(Kevin) ^{(My talkpage)} 17:27, 17 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2017 July newsletter

The third round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 288 points being required to qualify for round 4. It was a hotly competitive round with all but four of the contestants exceeding the 106 points that was necessary to proceed to round 4 last year. Coemgenus and Freikorp tied on 288, and both have been allowed to proceed, so round 4 now has one pool of eight competitors and one of nine.

Round 3 saw the achievement of a 26-topic Featured topic by MPJ-DK as well as 5 featured lists and 13 featured articles. PanagiotisZois and SounderBruce achieved their first ever featured articles. Carbrera led the GA score with 10, Tachs achieved 17 DYKs and MBlaze Lightning 10 In the news items. There were 167 DYKs, 93 GARs and 82 GAs overall, this last figure being higher than the number of GAs in round 2, when twice as many people were taking part. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.

As we start round 4, we say goodbye to the fifteen or so competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).

If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 05:38, 30 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]