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The Signpost: 29 April 2015

Wikimania: Choice of small village for Wikimania 2016 ruffles feathers

News and notes: Wiki Loves Monuments evaluation sees diminishing returns and increasing cost

In the media: Scottish MEP blocked for edit warring; ranking articles by importance

Featured content: Another day, another dollar

Traffic report: Bruce, Nessie, and genocide

Recent research: Military history, cricket, and Australia targeted in Wikipedia articles' popularity vs. quality; how copyright damages economy

Technology report: VisualEditor and MediaWiki updates

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129	University of North Carolina at Greensboro (talk)	Add sources
9	Carnival Ride Tour (talk)	Add sources
4	South Calder Water (talk)	Add sources
7	Ben Gluck (talk)	Add sources
462	Flag carrier (talk)	Add sources
7	Delém (talk)	Add sources
53	North South University (talk)	Cleanup
8	Andrew Coltart (talk)	Cleanup
92	Dunoon (talk)	Cleanup
40	Lucky Guy (play) (talk)	Expand
3	Vandenberg AFB Launch Facility 08 (talk)	Expand
41	Nongshim (talk)	Expand
58	Human development theory (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
16	University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
98	Non-traditional student (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
116	Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (talk)	Merge
824	Graduate school (talk)	Merge
13	Prince Mohammad University (talk)	Merge
13	University of La Salette (talk)	Wikify
64	Of Pandas and People (talk)	Wikify
9	National Taichung University of Education (talk)	Wikify
2	Transporter erector (talk)	Orphan
0	Frederick Daniel Cornwell (talk)	Orphan
6	Altina Schinasi (talk)	Orphan
20	St. Elizabeth's Medical Center (Boston) (talk)	Stub
2	North Medwyn River (talk)	Stub
32	Electricity (film) (talk)	Stub
12	Wladimir Burliuk (talk)	Stub
3	FC Dnipro-75 Dnipropetrovsk (talk)	Stub
324	Paul Anderson (actor) (talk)	Stub

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WikiCup 2015 May newsletter

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) 16:36, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 06 May 2015

News and notes: "Inspire" grant-making campaign concludes, grantees announced

Featured content: The amorous android and the horsebreeder; WikiCup round two concludes

In the media: Guggenheim image donation; Wiki campaign gets advertising award

Special report: FDC candidates respond to key issues

Traffic report: The grim ship reality

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2,681	Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (talk)	Add sources
25	Dalmarnock (talk)	Add sources
8	John Bury (theatre designer) (talk)	Add sources
25	Harvard Summer School (talk)	Add sources
34	Muhammad Ali (writer) (talk)	Add sources
7	Stranraer Academy (talk)	Add sources
36	Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (talk)	Cleanup
21	Coleman University (talk)	Cleanup
78	Nanotechnology education (talk)	Cleanup
698	Nielsen N.V. (talk)	Expand
6	Vandenberg AFB Launch Facility 06 (talk)	Expand
40	Privat Group (talk)	Expand
18	Yesha Council (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
148	Sukumari (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
2,604	Uzbekistan (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
486	EADS CASA C-295 (talk)	Merge
1,283	Postgraduate education (talk)	Merge
43	The Master's College (talk)	Merge
24	Prentice Women's Hospital Building (talk)	Wikify
17	Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire (talk)	Wikify
247	Eric S. Raymond (talk)	Wikify
8	APU International School (talk)	Orphan
6	Event, Metaphor, Memory (talk)	Orphan
1	Alice Haskins (talk)	Orphan
20	Muthanna Governorate (talk)	Stub
6	Vandenberg AFB Launch Facility 09 (talk)	Stub
6	Anthony Amalraj (talk)	Stub
9	Elvanfoot (talk)	Stub
18	Table tennis in India (talk)	Stub
31	Brittany Wenger (talk)	Stub

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The Signpost: 13 May 2015

Foundation elections: Board candidates share their views with the Signpost

News and notes: Swedish Wikimedia chapter organizes simultaneous Wikidata contests

Traffic report: Round Two

In the media: Grant Shapps story continues

Op-ed: What made Wikipedia lose its reputation?

Featured content: Four first-time featured article writers lead the way

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25	Astrotech Corporation (talk)	Add sources
6	Douglas Water (talk)	Add sources
1,400	ESPN (talk)	Add sources
276	Alpha and Omega (film) (talk)	Add sources
17	Battle of Bothwell Bridge (talk)	Add sources
14	HHSAA State Football Championships (talk)	Add sources
61	Rodolfo Neri Vela (talk)	Cleanup
74	Helensburgh (talk)	Cleanup
103	University of Hawaii at Hilo (talk)	Cleanup
674	Nicolas Anelka (talk)	Expand
13	TonleSap Airlines (talk)	Expand
47	Space Transportation System (talk)	Expand
13	John Tanton (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
449	Doctor of Pharmacy (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
2	Jack Miller Center (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
46	David Gunn (doctor) (talk)	Merge
276	Virginia Commonwealth University (talk)	Merge
299	University of Calgary (talk)	Merge
173	Community colleges in the United States (talk)	Wikify
5	Dalbeattie High School (talk)	Wikify
583	Wesleyan University (talk)	Wikify
5	Shaun Gerardo (talk)	Orphan
1	Hyndford Quarry (talk)	Orphan
9	LGM-30 Minuteman chronology (talk)	Orphan
0	H. R. Poindexter (talk)	Stub
10	Yevhen Kucherevskyi (talk)	Stub
1	Vandenberg AFB Launch Facility 05 (talk)	Stub
1,955	2015–16 Premier League (talk)	Stub
25	Wasit Governorate (talk)	Stub
70	Abdullah bin Nasser bin Abdullah Al Ahmed Al Thani (talk)	Stub

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The Signpost: 20 May 2015

From the editor: Your voice is needed: strategic voting in the WMF election

In focus: The awful truth about Wikimedia's article counts

Traffic report: Inner Core

News and notes: A dark side of comedy: the Wikipedia volunteers cleaning up behind John Oliver's fowl jokes

Featured content: Puppets, fungi, and waterfalls

In the media: Jimmy Wales accepts Dan David Prize

WikiProject report: Cell-ebrating Molecular Biology

Arbitration report: Editor conduct the subject of multiple cases

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3	Dennis Parichy (talk)	Add sources
327	Controlled-access highway (talk)	Add sources
10	Avon Water (talk)	Add sources
153	Lanarkshire (talk)	Add sources
7	Minga y Petraca (talk)	Add sources
151	French Alps (talk)	Add sources
26	ʻIolani School (talk)	Cleanup
130	Quantum mysticism (talk)	Cleanup
57	West Liberty University (talk)	Cleanup
4	Vandenberg AFB Launch Facility 04 (talk)	Expand
7	Vandenberg AFB Launch Facility 02 (talk)	Expand
2	Vandenberg AFB Launch Facility 03 (talk)	Expand
48	Pop (UK and Ireland) (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
17	Menas Kafatos (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
60	Sanctuary city (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
15	Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry (talk)	Merge
98	Chiropractic education (talk)	Merge
154	Centralisation (talk)	Merge
19	MBC FM4U (talk)	Wikify
23	Spiritual naturalism (talk)	Wikify
49	Oggy and the Cockroaches: The Movie (talk)	Wikify
1	Rodolfo Almeyda (talk)	Orphan
7	Texas Health and Science University (talk)	Orphan
4	DeWayne Frazier (talk)	Orphan
7	Nigel Levings (talk)	Stub
3	Andrew Bridge (lighting designer) (talk)	Stub
1	Pat Collins (lighting designer) (talk)	Stub
3	Roger Morgan (designer) (talk)	Stub
5	Vandenberg AFB Launch Facility 07 (talk)	Stub
15	Polmadie Bridge (talk)	Stub

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