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106 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: C Ricky Holmes (talk) Cleanup
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4 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Mekeme Tamla Ladji (talk) Expand
31 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Rollin Menayese (talk) Expand
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92 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: C Finnan haddie (talk) Unencyclopaedic
371 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Vaccinium myrtillus (talk) Merge
180 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C South Asian pickle (talk) Merge
719 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Shepherd's pie (talk) Merge
25 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Ronnie Glavin (talk) Wikify
277 Quality: High, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: GA Lukas Jutkiewicz (talk) Wikify
15 Quality: High, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: GA Raffaele De Vita (talk) Wikify
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3 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Arco Renz (talk) Orphan
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Your GA nomination of George McLachlan

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article George McLachlan you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 20:21, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 September newsletter

The fourth round of the competition has finished with over 500 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants, Botswana The Rambling Man and New York (state) Epicgenius, each scoring over 3000 points, and six contestants scoring over 1000. All but one of the finalists achieved one or more FAs during the round, the exception being Republic of Venice Bloom6132 who demonstrated that 61 "in the news" items produces an impressive number of points. Other contestants who made it to the final are Gog the Mild, England Lee Vilenski, Zulu (International Code of Signals) BennyOnTheLoose, Rwanda Amakuru and Hog Farm. However, all their points are now swept away and everyone starts afresh in the final round.

Round 4 saw the achievement of 18 featured articles and 157 good articles. George Floyd mural Bilorv scored for a 25-article good topic on Black Mirror but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the final round. There was enthusiasm for FARs, with 89 being performed, and there were 63 GARs and around 100 DYKs during the round. As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it to the final round; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For other contestants, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.

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Your GA nomination of George McLachlan

The article George McLachlan you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:George McLachlan for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 16:00, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of George McLachlan

The article George McLachlan you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:George McLachlan for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 20:22, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2021).

Administrator changes

readded Jake Wartenberg
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Technical news

  • The Score extension has been re-enabled on public wikis. It has been updated, but has been placed in safe mode to address unresolved security issues. Further information on the security issues can be found on the mediawiki page.

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This is to let you know that the 1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season article has been scheduled as today's featured article for October 29, 2021. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 29, 2021, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.

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New Page Patrol newsletter September 2021

New Page Review queue September 2021

Hello Kosack,

Please join this discussion - there is increase in the abuse of Wikipedia and its processes by POV pushers, Paid Editors, and by holders of various user rights including Autopatrolled. Even our review systems themselves at AfC and NPR have been infiltrated. The good news is that detection is improving, but the downside is that it creates the need for a huge clean up - which of course adds to backlogs.

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There are currently 706 New Page Reviewers plus a further 1,080 admins, but as much as nearly 90% of the patrolling is still being done by around only the 20 or so most regular patrollers.

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47 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: C Long ball (talk) Cleanup
213 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C David Brooks (footballer) (talk) Expand
5 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Milo (footballer) (talk) Expand
127 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Anthony Pilkington (talk) Expand
240 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: B UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations (talk) Unencyclopaedic
42 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: B Premier League–Football League gulf (talk) Unencyclopaedic
128 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: C Association football tactics and skills (talk) Unencyclopaedic
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5,026 Quality: High, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: FA Bernie Sanders (talk) Merge
1,454 Quality: High, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: GA Berlin Brandenburg Airport (talk) Merge
11 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C James Penrice (talk) Wikify
286 Quality: High, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: GA Sam Baldock (talk) Wikify
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1 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Abercrychan (talk) Orphan
2 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Beddgeraint (talk) Orphan
6 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Anatomy of Murder (talk) Orphan
348 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Ciaron Brown (talk) Stub
31 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Eva Hrdinová (talk) Stub
11 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Ibrahim Salah (talk) Stub
30 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Mahmoud Hamdy (talk) Stub
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FAC request

Hi Kosack

I hope you're well! On your user page you mention that you're open to requests for football-related FAC reviews, so I was wondering if you'd be able to have a look at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/UEFA Euro 2004 Final/archive1 at all? It probably needs one more prose review (plus source review etc) to get it over the line, and I'm keen to see if I can fit one more FAC in before the end of the WikiCup 😊. I see you have an FAC open on Craig Bellamy, someone I'm very familiar with as a Coventry supporter, and it wasn't a particularly glorious time for him over with us. So I can definitely return the favour with an FAC review for you there. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 19:54, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

@Amakuru: Sure no problem. I put that up in the dark days when football articles tended to disappear without trace at FAC, but times have changed now thankfully. I'll get a review up as soon as possible. Kosack (talk) 12:10, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
Hi Kosack, I hope you're feeling better. I've addressed your comments at the 2015 FA Cup Final FAC, and was hoping you'd be able to revisit and potentially offer support so that I can get cracking on another nomination? Per Amakuru above, I'll swing by Bellamy in due course, but as a Tractor Boy, my feelings towards him are somewhat different from yours and Amakuru's....! The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 06:42, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
@The Rambling Man: Yeah getting there thanks. Happy to support. Appreciate if either of you do get a chance to look at Bellamy's article but I know you're both going for the finish line in the cup, so no sweat if you can't. Kosack (talk) 18:09, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
Hey, not a problem. As per all my FAC reviews, I'll definitely start soon. It'll probably drag on like a mofo but hopefully it'll make a better article. I'll add it to my to-do list and get a first feel for it before the night is out. Cheers for your ongoing reviews and supports of good football material, it's very much appreciated. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 18:11, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

The Signpost: 26 September 2021

Administrators' newsletter – October 2021

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46 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: C EFL Awards (talk) Cleanup
23 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Cardiff Metropolitan University RFC (talk) Cleanup
96 Quality: High, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: GA Matt Smith (footballer, born 1989) (talk) Cleanup
69 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C 2004–05 in English football (talk) Expand
10 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C 2015–16 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (talk) Expand
2 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: B Swansea City A.F.C. league record by opponent (talk) Expand
721 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Laws of the Game (association football) (talk) Unencyclopaedic
104 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: C Association football tactics (talk) Unencyclopaedic
130 Quality: High, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: GA Nutmeg (association football) (talk) Unencyclopaedic
267 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Dentin (talk) Merge
18 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Stub Contemplative neuroscience (talk) Merge
9 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Imbe clan (talk) Merge
108 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Ruel Fox (talk) Wikify
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237 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Ezri Konsa (talk) Wikify
2 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub AD Casar de Cáceres (talk) Orphan
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2 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Aluminum Manufacturers (talk) Orphan
156 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Tom Dele-Bashiru (talk) Stub
3 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Roger Munby (talk) Stub
26 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Taylor Perry (talk) Stub
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TFA

Thank you today for 1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season, "about the first season played by Cardiff City F.C. in the Football League following their move from the Southern Football League in 1920. The side surprised many by not only adapting well to the new division but immediately winning promotion to the top tier of English football, missing out on the title by virtue of goal average. "! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:49, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2021

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WikiCup 2021 November newsletter

The WikiCup is over for another year and the finalists can relax! Our Champion this year is Botswana The Rambling Man (submissions), who amassed over 5000 points in the final round, achieving 8 featured articles and almost 500 reviews. It was a very competitive round; seven of the finalists achieved over 1000 points in the round (enough to win the 2019 contest), and three scored over 3000 (enough to win the 2020 event). Our 2021 finalists and their scores were:

  1. Botswana The Rambling Man (submissions) with 5072 points
  2. England Lee Vilenski (submissions) with 3276 points
  3. Rwanda Amakuru (submissions) with 3197 points
  4. New York (state) Epicgenius (submissions) with 1611 points
  5. Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1571 points
  6. Zulu (International Code of Signals) BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 1420 points
  7. Hog Farm (submissions) with 1043 points
  8. Republic of Venice Bloom6132 (submissions) with 528 points

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164 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Sporting director (talk) Cleanup
67 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B Stephen Henderson (footballer, born 1988) (talk) Cleanup
165 Quality: High, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: GA Peter Hartley (footballer) (talk) Cleanup
1,020 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: B Joe Ledley (talk) Expand
8 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Start EFL Golden Glove (talk) Expand
9 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Darren Kenton (talk) Expand
2,691 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: B England national football team records and statistics (talk) Unencyclopaedic
126 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: C England–Germany football rivalry (talk) Unencyclopaedic
219 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: B Behind closed doors (sport) (talk) Unencyclopaedic
384 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: B Existential risk from artificial general intelligence (talk) Merge
7 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Stub Mass transit (disambiguation) (talk) Merge
3 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Achanakamar (talk) Merge
1,307 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B Paddy Madden (talk) Wikify
9 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Stuart Balmer (talk) Wikify
88 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Kevin Bond (English footballer) (talk) Wikify
17 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start 3-6-3 Rule (talk) Orphan
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195 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Semantic Scholar (talk) Stub
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80 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Ben Cabango (talk) Stub
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Kosack, I hope all is well. It's been over two months since you have edited on Wikipedia, and you still have this review open and have yet to complete it. There is also a query from the nominator.

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Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!

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TFA

Thank you today for Cardiff City F.C. 2–1 Leeds United F.C., introduced: "... about a rather notorious football match that took place in 2002. I was there myself to watch Cardiff cause one of the biggest FA Cup upsets of the modern age. The win, along with the chaos that erupted at the end of the game, make this one of the most memorable moments in the club's recent history."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:45, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

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A beer for you!

Nice to see you back! GiantSnowman 09:59, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
Thanks very much GS, much appreciated. Kosack (talk) 10:06, 14 January 2022 (UTC)

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Not sure if the current revision on this article should have an image with watermarking at the bottom. I have never seen something like that before and you were the good article reviewer on the article a couple of years ago. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 16:08, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

I can't say I've seen it either and it doesn't sit well. However, it seems Commons guidelines only discourage the use of watermarks and don't prohibit it, although I'd question whether this image is really an upgrade on the previous one with that in place. Kosack (talk) 13:14, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Usually when I see the licence seems fine by looking at the photo on Commons, that should be good. I also see the Flikr version is a bit different and watermarking definitely seen more clearer. Haven't seen a non-watermark version on the internet yet. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 22:01, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2022 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

  • New York (state) Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.
  • Christmas Island AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.
  • Kingdom of Scotland Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.
  • Philadelphia GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.
  • United Nations Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.
  • SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.
  • United Nations Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.

These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

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WikiCup 2022 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

  • New York (state) Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.
  • Christmas Island AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.
  • Kingdom of Scotland Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.
  • Philadelphia GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.
  • United Nations Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.
  • SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.
  • United Nations Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.

These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.

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Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:55, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

This is to let you know that the 1921–22 Cardiff City F.C. season article has been scheduled as today's featured article for April 18, 2022. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 18, 2022, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.

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We suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:14, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

Sorry, I've had to move it to 26, I'll let you know when it's ready to see, I've written a blurb Jimfbleak - talk to me? 16:37, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
No worries. Kosack (talk) 22:32, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
Now at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 26, 2022 Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:46, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

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Hello Kosack, I would like to add information on above page that Nupur Sanon is Kriti Sanon's younger sister. Since I don't have Wiki account, & since you've protected above page, which makes it impossible for unregistered users like me to edit in protected pages, I suggest you add above information with reference. Good Day !!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.233.76.16 (talk) 14:37, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

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Johnny Owen

I looked at the FAQ for the record table, but it has not explained why this article is exempt from the consistency of starting from the bottom to top simply because it is a featured article. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers: Under formats. The month of each fight is breaking this rule. There is also no note of his death from the result of his final fight, which is to be included for a fighter who dies as a result of a bout as seen on the record of Sugar Ray Robinson when he defeated Tommy Bell in 1946. The record is missing the inclusion of the time of the knockouts when available as can be seen on Robinson's record as well. The column "round" should be listed as "round, time" and each fight with the time listed from boxrec should be included. The record should not be upside down. It is illogical and inconsistent with the Wikipedia:WikiProject Boxing/MOSGuidelines and also inconsistent in practice with the records of the fighters he fought, such as Lupe Pintor, who's record starts from the bottom and ends at the top. If I simply went about fixing this in the wrong way, I understand, but these are issues that need to be addressed and revised. I have included the professional boxing record template as used on other records, but in this situation as it seems that on the FAC that people were somewhat fumbling around trying to figure out how to create the record. If it was a citing issue, I have included that as well. I have no issue re doing the record, I just want to know that it won't be reverted making it a waste of time.

Side note, the boxing record as shown on Johnny Owen's article currently violates Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers: Under formats as brevity is helpful in the case of a boxing record.CaPslOcksBroKEn (talk) 03:04, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Professional boxing record

28 fights 25 wins 2 losses
By knockout 11 1
By decision 14 1
Draws 1
Boxing record[1]
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Help me

Hello Kosack, I have created an article named “Kavvayi” and it redirected to Kavvayi Backwaters. But, they are not same. One is the place and another is Backwater. So,raised this issue in talk page and I got the reply that, it was redirected because there was not enough sources. And also re-created this page as User:JrPicasso/Sandbox .After that I have added more sources to it and requested to move as Article.

And now I got the reply as “The AfC submission has been removed as it is not the best or correct way to proceed” I don’t know what to do ..help me JrPicasso (talk) 11:14, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

Hi @JrPicasso:, from what I can see the only reason the article was reverted was the lack of sourcing and the declining user clarified that improving the sourcing of the page would likely lead to it being accepted. You can read more about sourcing at Help:Referencing for beginners, if to need more info. Try to make sure information in the article can be easily sourced back to a reliable source. Thanks. Kosack (talk) 13:13, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

Hello, I have corrected the problem with source. Still I can't able to move as Article (name : Kavvayi) JrPicasso (talk) 11:57, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

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The second round of the 2022 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 115 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top seven contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 11 featured articles and the 79 good articles achieved in total by contestants.

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Help me

Hello, I have corrected the problem with source. Still I can't able to move as Article. JrPicasso (talk) 22:23, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

Reply for below message:

Hello Kosack, I have created an article named “Kavvayi” and it redirected to Kavvayi Backwaters. But, they are not same. One is the place and another is Backwater. So,raised this issue in talk page and I got the reply that, it was redirected because there was not enough sources. And also re-created this page as User:JrPicasso/Sandbox .After that I have added more sources to it and requested to move as Article.

And now I got the reply as “The AfC submission has been removed as it is not the best or correct way to proceed” I don’t know what to do ..help me JrPicasso (talk) 11:14, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

Hi @JrPicasso:, from what I can see the only reason the article was reverted was the lack of sourcing and the declining user clarified that improving the sourcing of the page would likely lead to it being accepted. You can read more about sourcing at Help:Referencing for beginners, if to need more info. Try to make sure information in the article can be easily sourced back to a reliable source. Thanks. Kosack (talk) 13:13, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

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