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Godot13 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer, finished top of Pool A and was the round's highest scorer. Godot is a featured picture specialist, claiming large numbers of points due to high-quality scans of historical documents, especially banknotes.
Casliber (submissions) is a WikiCup veteran, having been a finalist every year since 2010. In the semi-final, he was Pool B's highest scorer. Cas's points primarily come from articles on the natural sciences.
Czar (submissions) was Pool A's runner-up. Czar's points come mostly from content related to independent video games, including both articles and topics.
Adam Cuerden (submissions) was Pool B's runner-up. Another featured picture specialist, many of Adam's points come from the restoration of historical media. He has been a WikiCup finalist twice before.
Cwmhiraeth (submissions) won the WikiCup in 2012 and 2013, and enters this final as the first wildcard. She focuses on biology-related articles, and has worked on several high-importance articles.
12george1 (submissions) is the second wildcard. George's points come primarily from meteorology-related articles. This year and last year, George was the first person in the competition to score.
Sturmvogel 66 (submissions), the third wildcard, was the 2010 champion and a finalist last year. His writes mostly on military history, especially naval history.
Bloom6132 (submissions), the fourth and final wildcard, has participated in previous WikiCups, but not reached any finals. Bloom's points are mostly thanks to did you knows, featured lists and good articles related to sport and national symbols.

We say goodbye to this year's semi-finalists. Matty.007 (submissions), ThaddeusB (submissions), WikiRedactor (submissions), Figureskatingfan (submissions), Yellow Evan (submissions), Prism (submissions) and Cloudz679 (submissions) have all performed well to reach this stage of the competition, and we hope they will all be joining us again next year.

There are two upcoming competitions unrelated to the WikiCup which may be of interest to those who receive this newsletter. The Stub Contest will run through September, and revolves around expanding stub articles, especially high-importance or old stubs. In addition, a proposal has been made for a new competition, the GA Cup, which the organisers plan to run next year. This competition is based on the WikiCup and aims to reduce the good article review backlog.

There is now a thread for brainstorming on how next year's WikiCup competition should work. Please come along and share your thoughts- What works? What doesn't work? What needs changing? Signups for next year's competition will be open soon; we will be in touch. If, at this stage of the competition, you are keen to help the with the WikiCup, please do what you can to participate in review processes. Our finalists will find things much easier if the backlogs at good article candidates, featured article candidates, featured picture candidates and the rest are kept at a minimum. 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 or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:09, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2014)

A Nunivak Cup'ig man with raven maskette – in the Raven Tales the raven is the Creator god

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Raven Tales

Previous selections: Solar activity • History of West Africa

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Persistent error on section editing Comment

Have you noticed over the past few weeks that editing one section will display an edit box for the section above? I first noticed this bug with Solar activity, but have seen the bug on other pages over the last few days. Most recently it happened again on the TAFI notice. -Kyle^(talk) 16:47, 3 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 03 September 2014

Arbitration report: Media viewer case is suspended

Featured content: 1882 × 5 in gold, and thruppence more

Op-ed: Automated copy-and-paste detection under trial

Traffic report: Holding Pattern

WikiProject report: Gray's Anatomy (v. 2)

Recent research: A Wikipedia-based Pantheon; new Wikipedia analysis tool suite; how AfC hamstrings newbies

This week's article for improvement (week 37, 2014)

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A handheld camcorder ia a typical consumer electronics device

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Consumer electronics

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The Signpost: 10 September 2014

Op-ed: Media Viewer software is not ready

Traffic report: Refuge in celebrity

Featured content: The louse and the fish's tongue

WikiProject report: Checking that everything's all right

This week's article for improvement (week 38, 2014)

Arches were used in Ancient Roman architecture to build aqueducts, such as the Aqueduct of Segovia

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Ancient Roman architecture

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Hey Nick, could you look over an article for me?

All this TAFI stuff has make me start to think about old articles that I worked on for a while before moving on when other projects (or life) came up. Good Game is one of those articles that I invested a lot of source-gathering and info-dumping time into, but one I was never confident enough to brutally copyedit. I was wondering if you would care to take a look at it. According to David Condrey, it's not the sort of article he deems encyclopedic so he was not interested, but I figured since you were such a pro at editing you might want to take a crack at it.--Coin945 (talk) 13:16, 17 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate that you would consider asking me. I will be occupied today but I will be able to read the article and put some edits in within 48 hours. Lets see if we can't make all pretty. --Nick Penguin_(contribs) 16:28, 17 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well a quick glance shows it to be a high quality, well written article. I would make some organizational changes, and it could use a heavy copy edit for phrasing and structure. --Nick Penguin_(contribs) 16:37, 17 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Help setting up a collaboration

Hi, NickPenguin - I just added an article to the TAFI list, but I'm not sure how to set up a collaboration according to the guidelines at WP:Collaboration Can you help guide me in the setup, or do I even need to set one up? Thank you in advance. Atsme☯^Consult 03:32, 18 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 17 September 2014

In the media: Turkish Twitter outrage, medical translation, audience metrics

WikiProject report: A trip up north to Scotland

News and notes: Wikipedia's traffic statistics are off by nearly one-third

Traffic report: Tolstoy leads a varied pack

Featured content: Which is not like the others?

DYK for Solar activity

On 21 September 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Solar activity, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that solar activity and related events (solar flare pictured) have been recorded since the time of the Babylonians in the 8th century BCE? (TAFI) The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Solar activity. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:18, 21 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

TAFI talk page pings

First of all, thanks very much for your work there in adding the weekly TAFI vote selections, (and everything else that you do). I noticed that I didn't receive a notification on the notifications system from my user name being linked there. It could be due to server lag, or a potential problem with the notifications system. Just a heads up regarding this matter. Cheers, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 10:31, 21 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, I'll have to look into it. Maybe we will just use the regular ping list instead of the templates. --Nick Penguin_(contribs) 14:52, 21 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

At the TAFI talk page, User:Evad37 stated that a signature needs to be in place in posts in order for the notifications system to function. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 10:58, 22 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Animatronics

On 21 September 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Animatronics, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Walt Disney's first interest in animatronics came after he happened upon a toy animatronic bird by chance while on vacation? (TAFI) The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Animatronics. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 21 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 39, 2014)

Arches were used in Ancient Roman architecture to build aqueducts, such as the Aqueduct of Segovia

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The Signpost: 24 September 2014

Featured content: Oil paintings galore

In the media: Indian political editing, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Congressional chelonii

Recent research: 99.25% of Wikipedia birthdates accurate; focused Wikipedians live longer; merging WordNet, Wikipedia and Wiktionary

Traffic report: Wikipedia watches the referendum in Scotland

WikiProject report: GAN reviewers take note: competition time

Arbitration report: Banning Policy, Gender Gap, and Waldorf education

This week's article for improvement (week 40, 2014)

Aerial photograph of George Bush Intercontinental Airport, an international airport in Houston, United States

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International airport

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Thanks for your encouraging feedback! I would like to be able to collaborate and work on all the interesting articles that the TAFI project identifies as needing improvement, but I can't keep up with them all (I still think the schedule is too fast). Sometimes I have no time and sometimes I am in the middle of another article of my own but sometimes I just get hooked! Must get back to work now. Cheers, Whiteghost.ink (talk) 04:11, 1 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2014 September newsletter

In one month's time, we will know our WikiCup 2014 champion. Newcomer Godot13 (submissions) has taken a strong lead with a featured list (historical coats of arms of the U.S. states from 1876) and a raft of featured pictures. Reigning champion Cwmhiraeth (submissions) is in second place with a number of high-importance biology articles, including new FA Isopoda and new GA least weasel. Casliber (submissions), who is in his fifth WikiCup final, is in third, with featured articles Pictor and Epacris impressa.

Signups for the 2015 WikiCup are open. All Wikipedians, new and experienced, are warmly invited to sign up for the competition. Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may also like to sign up for the GA Cup, a new WikiCup-inspired competition which revolves around completing good article reviews. 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 or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:11, 30 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 01 October 2014

From the editor: The Signpost needs your help

Dispatches: Let's get serious about plagiarism

News and notes: Wikipedia article published in peer-reviewed journal; Wikipedia in education

WikiProject report: Animals, farms, forests, USDA? It must be WikiProject Agriculture

Traffic report: Shanah Tovah

Featured content: Brothers at War

Pizza Article Suggestion

Hi Nick, this is zy87 from the group of students editing the pizza article. We have made some progress and the changes we made are listed in the talk page. Can you please look into to it a little bit and see where we can improve? Specifically, I was looking at the preparation section that has existed for a while. I see that it does not have reliable source and the content seems not sufficient enough for a whole section. We are thinking of either deleting it or integrating it to other sections. Where do you think is a good place for it? Zy87 (talk) 19:09, 5 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I will take a look at it and leave my feedback on the pizza talk page. --Nick Penguin_(contribs) 03:36, 6 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 41, 2014)

Seasoned and chargrilled lamb fillet steak

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Steak

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The Signpost: 08 October 2014

In the media: Opposition research firm blocked; Australian bushfires

Featured content: From a wordless novel to a coat of arms via New York City

Traffic report: Panic and denial

Technology report: HHVM is the greatest thing since sliced bread

This week's article for improvement (week 42, 2014)

Central America is the geographic region that connects North America and South America.

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TAFI Teams idea & 3 week staggered schedule

Hey. Before even making a whole group discussion over it I wanted to see what you think about an idea I just had. It seems to me that the TAFI project might be more effective if we organized our efforts better. As is I think some people may potentially feel overwhelmed by the more active members of the group for one. I was thinking it's pretty clear, at least for some, to tell what people tend to gravitTe to in editing. Some people mostly copy edit, some always add images, myself for example I tend to spend most of my time improving references and researching adding new content. With that in mind I was contemplating the idea of organizing teams and making TAFI a staggered schedule. For example TAFI could spend three weeks on each article but still move on to a new article every week if we split into 3 teams. People would sign up to spend the majority of their effort on either research and expansion, styling copy editing and cleanup, or review and polish.

Each week we'd get a new article and it would stagger. Research team works on it for a week and then moves on while the second team moves on to the article that research just finished in order to do copy edits, images, style improvements. Then the third team would be responsible for initiating a peer review or DYK or whatever else and following up on those processes.

Make sense? What do you think? Just an idea but I was thinking we could potentially be a lot more affective if people got into it. Feel free to move this over to the main discussion page if you want, I just wanted to run it by you first. David Condrey (talk) 09:56, 13 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I think you should propose your idea and see what kind of discussion it generates. --Nick Penguin_(contribs) 15:47, 13 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 15 October 2014

Op-ed: Ships—sexist or sexy?

In the media: College player falsely linked to sports scandal by Wikipedia; the Nobel Prizes

Arbitration report: One case closed and two opened

Featured content: Bells ring out at the Temple of the Dragon at Peace

Technology report: Attempting to parse wikitext

Traffic report: Now introducing ... mobile data

WikiProject report: Signpost reaches the Midwest

This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2014)

Inside an ice hotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden

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Ice hotel

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The Signpost: 22 October 2014

Featured content: Admiral on deck: a modern Ada Lovelace

Op-ed: Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution—a wiki-protest

In the media: The story of Wikipedia; Wikipedia reanimated and republished; New UK government social media rules; death of Italian Wikipedia administrator

Traffic report: Death, War, Pestilence... Movies and TV

WikiProject report: De-orphanning articles—a huge task but with a huge team of volunteers to help

This week's article for improvement (week 44, 2014)

Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, the world's first national park

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National park

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Halloween cheer!

Happy Halloween!

Hello NickPenguin:
Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable Halloween!
– NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:44, 27 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Send Halloween cheer by adding {{subst:Happy Halloween}} to user talk pages with a friendly message.

Cheers, thanks for that! --Nick Penguin_(contribs) 04:56, 27 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Weekly recaps

Hey NickPenguin! I've seen we'd missed a few weeks of weekly updates at WT:TAFI regarding the weekly recaps. Thanks and Happy Halloween! ///EuroCarGT 23:02, 28 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have provided some recaps, and I will be sure to continue this feature of the project. --Nick Penguin_(contribs) 04:17, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Also per your comment, Steak should be nominated as a good article. You, Northamerica1000, Whiteghost.ink, David Condrey and SovalValtos did a marvelous job on the article! --///EuroCarGT 03:57, 30 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 29 October 2014

Featured content: Go West, young man

In the media: Wikipedia a trusted source on Ebola; Wikipedia study labeled government waste; football biography goes viral

Maps tagathon: Find 10,000 digitised maps this weekend

Traffic report: Ebola, Ultron, and Creepy Articles

Recent research: Informed consent and privacy; newsmaking on Wikipedia; Wikipedia and organizational theories

This week's article for improvement (week 45, 2014)

A pizza is an oven-baked flat bread typically topped with tomato sauce, cheese and various toppings

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WikiCup 2014: The results

The 2014 WikiCup champion is Godot13 (submissions), who flew the flag of the Smithsonian Institution. This was Godot13's first WikiCup competition and, over the 10 months of the competition, he has produced (among other contributions) two featured lists and an incredible 292 featured pictures, including architectural photographs and scans of historical documents. Cwmhiraeth (submissions), 2012 and 2013 WikiCup champion, came in second, having written a large number of biology-related articles. Casliber (submissions), WikiCup finalist every year since 2010, finished in third.

A full list of our prize-winners follows:

Godot13 (submissions) wins the prize for first place and the FP prize for 181 featured pictures in the final round.
Cwmhiraeth (submissions) wins the prize for second place and the DYK prize for 65 did you knows in the final round.
Casliber (submissions) wins the prize for third place and the FA prize for four featured articles in the final round.
Czar (submissions) wins the prize for fourth place
Sturmvogel 66 (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
Bloom6132 (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
12george1 (submissions) wins a final 8 prize.
ChrisGualtieri (submissions) wins the GA prize for 27 good articles in round 2 and the review prize for 28 good article reviews in round 1.
Caponer (submissions) wins the FL prize for three featured lists in round 2.
Sven Manguard (submissions) wins the FPo prize his work on featured portals.
Figureskatingfan (submissions) wins the topic prize for a nine-article featured topic in round 3.
ThaddeusB (submissions) wins the news prize for 28 in the news articles in round 3.

Congratulations to everyone who has been successful in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and a particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have participated this year. We warmly invite all of you to sign up for next year's competition. Discussions and polls concerning potential rules changes are also open, and all are welcome to participate. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2014 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk · contribs) The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 22:52, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 05 November 2014

In the media: Predicting the flu, MH17 conspiracy theories

Traffic report: Sweet dreams on Halloween

This week's article for improvement (week 46, 2014)

Sleeping is part of everyday life

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Everyday life

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TAFI results

Hiya Nick, Not sure if you're aware but everyone's votes seems to have disappeared from Wikipedia talk:Today's articles for improvement#Choose the TAFI article for Week 51 of 2014
Just thought I'd let you know :)
Cheers, –Davey2010 • (talk) 07:16, 16 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There was a typo in a comment, I removed a stray character and it fixed the code. Thanks for the heads up. --Nick Penguin_(contribs) 07:19, 16 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ah brilliant, You're welcome :) –Davey2010 • (talk) 07:22, 16 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 47, 2014)

Military aviation and missile guidance are examples of modern military technology.

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Military technology

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The Signpost: 12 November 2014

In the media: Amazon Echo; EU freedom of panorama; Bluebeard's Castle

Traffic report: Holidays, anyone?

Featured content: Wikipedia goes to church in Lithuania

WikiProject report: Talking hospitals

Pizza recap

Ni NP: Just a heads up regarding the week 45 Pizza recap at WT:TAFI – Template:Pizza was created well before the TAFI collaboration. Thanks for performing the recaps and for all of your TAFI work, it's well appreciated. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:41, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I will make a correction. Thanks, --Nick Penguin_(contribs) 07:22, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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This week's article for improvement (week 48, 2014)

A beach on the island of San Andrés, a tourist destination in the Caribbean

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Tourism in the Caribbean

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The Signpost: 26 November 2014

Featured content: Orbital Science: Now you're thinking with explosions

In the media: A Russian alternative Wikipedia; Who's your grandfather?; ArtAndFeminism

Recent research: Gender gap and skills gap; academic citations on the rise; European food cultures

WikiProject report: Back with the military historians

Traffic report: Big in Japan

Template:TAFI/Picture box

Thanks for your thanks earlier today and previously. I've now updated the template with the version from the sandbox/testcases page so that a smaller picture may be used e.g. here (for pages such as here) but the standard size and formatting should remain the default for uses such as here. Hopefully it still looks attractive and works correctly in its various places. Yours, Sardanaphalus (talk) 20:30, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, thanks Sardanaphalus. I've never really been good with templates, thanks for helping out the project. --Nick Penguin_(contribs) 21:04, 29 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) @Sardanaphalus: Something you changed broke the wrapping of the caption for images set to a narrower width, eg check the Week 44 message above - Evad37 [talk] 03:22, 30 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind, I found the error and fixed it [1] - Evad37 [talk] 07:40, 30 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 49, 2014)

The Mexico–United States border spans six Mexican states and four U.S. states, with a total length of 3,145 km (1,954 mi).

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Mexico–United States border

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The Signpost: 03 December 2014

Op-ed: Who edits health-related content on Wikipedia and why?

In the media: Embroidery and cheese

Featured content: ABCD: Any Body Can Dance!

Traffic report: Turkey and a movie

WikiProject report: Today on the island

WikiCup 2015 is just around the corner...

Hello everyone, and may we wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2015 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. We have a few important announcements concerning the future of the WikiCup.

We would like to announce that Josh (J Milburn) and Ed (The ed17), who have been WikiCup judges since 2009 and 2010 respectively, are stepping down. This decision has been made for a number of reasons, but the main one is time. Both Josh and Ed have found that, over the previous year, they have been unable to devote the time necessary to the WikiCup, and it is not likely that they will be able to do this in the near future. Furthermore, new people at the helm can only help to invigorate the WikiCup and keep it dynamic. Josh and Ed will still be around, and will likely be participating in the Cup this following year as competitors, which is where both started out.
In a similar vein, we hope you will all join us in welcoming Jason (Sturmvogel 66) and Christine (Figureskatingfan), who are joining Brian (Miyagawa) to form the 2015 WikiCup judging team. Jason is a WikiCup veteran, having won in 2010 and finishing in fifth this year. Christine has participated in two WikiCups, reaching the semi-finals in both, and is responsible for the GA Cup, which she now co-runs.
The discussions/polls concerning the next competition's rules will be closed soon, and rules changes will be made clear on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring and talk pages. While it may be impossible to please everyone, the judges will make every effort to ensure that the new rules are both fair and in the best interests of the competition, which is, first and foremost, about improving Wikipedia.

If you have any questions or concerns, the judges can be reached on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, on their talk pages, or by email. We hope you will all join us in trying to make the 2015 WikiCup the most productive and enjoyable yet. You are receiving this message because you are listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk), The ed17 (talk), Miyagawa (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Figureskatingfan (talk) 18:54, 7 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 50, 2014)

Game design is the art of creating rules and mechanics to facilitate interactions between players in a game.

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Game design

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Game design

I hope I'm not causing a bother with this edit. It looks like a large chunk of material I had just added got lost in this edit. I assume it was a mistake because of the edit summary, but if not then let's talk about it. Thanks for the good work on the article today! -Thibbs (talk) 19:03, 11 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That was my error, I was moving the content to the History section but I changed my mind. My apologies. --Nick Penguin_(contribs) 19:06, 11 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No worries. I was thinking that if that subsection should be shortened for aesthetic/style reasons then I'd prefer to see it merged into the board game article which is lacking a section on design. Anyway thanks again and keep up the good work. -Thibbs (talk)

There's no reason we can't copy the content into the board game article as well. It's not like we have to take a one-or-the-other mentality. I've always been a firm believer that articles can, and in many cases should, share content. --Nick Penguin_(contribs) 20:07, 11 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 10 December 2014

Op-ed: It's GLAM up North!

In the media: Wikipedia is "a rancorous, sexist, elitist, stupidly bureaucratic mess"

Traffic report: Dead Black Men and Science Fiction

Featured content: Honour him, love and obey? Good idea with military leaders.

This week's article for improvement (week 51, 2014)

A plate of spaghetti and meatballs.

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Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2015 !!!

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The Signpost: 17 December 2014

Arbitration report: Arbitration Committee election results

Featured content: Tripping hither, tripping thither, Nobody knows why or whither; We must dance and we must sing, Round about our fairy ring!

In the media: Wikipedia's year in review video; Checking in with Wikipedia's founders

Traffic report: A December Lull

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An aurora is a natural phenomenon.

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Thanks for the wikilove, and it's definitely a team effort. You have put in at least as much effort as the rest of us. --Nick Penguin_(contribs) 04:20, 22 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 24 December 2014

From the editor: Looking for new editors-in-chief

In the media: Wales on GamerGate

Featured content: Still quoting Iolanthe, apparently.

WikiProject report: Microsoft does The Signpost

Traffic report: North Korea is not pleased

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The skyline of Frankfurt, Germany

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Happy New Year!

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WikiCup 2015 launch newsletter

Round one of the 2015 WikiCup has begun! So far we've had around 80 signups, which close on February 5. If you have not already signed up and want to do so, then you can add your name here. There have been changes to to several of the points scores for various categories, and the addition of Peer Reviews for the first time. These will work in the same manner as Good Article Reviews, and all of the changes are summarised here.

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The Signpost: 31 December 2014

News and notes: The next big step for Wikidata—forming a hub for researchers

In the media: Study tour controversy; class tackles the gender gap

Traffic report: Surfin' the Yuletide

Op-ed: My issues with the Wiki Education Foundation

Featured content: A bit fruity

Recent research: Wikipedia in higher education; gender-driven talk page conflicts; disease forecasting

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Dishwashing liquid is a detergent used in dishwashing

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A cupcake for you!

Thanks for your contribs to Wikipedia! Bananasoldier (talk) 05:30, 6 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Dishwashing liquid TAFI

Hey, how are you? I was wondering if you might be interested in helping me use some of the references I've found at talk:dishwashing liquid. Regardless, thanks a lot! Bananasoldier (talk) 05:20, 9 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I will endeavour to make an effort. Even if the links aren't used immediately, locating the resources will make it easier for other editors to help improve the article, I have seen that happen on a few of our past collaborations. --Nick Penguin_(contribs) 07:04, 9 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 07 January 2015

In the media: ISIL propaganda video; AirAsia complaints

Interview: Interview with Jakob, one of Wikipedia's more prolific waterway contributors

Featured content: Kock up

Traffic report: Auld Lang Syne

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The history of Mongolia includes the foundation, expansion, and fragmentation of the Mongol Empire in the 13th century

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Archives (Wikipedia:Today's articles for improvement/Holding area)

Greetings NickPenguin! I was wondering, where do the articles go that have been "archived" from Wikipedia: Today's articles for improvement/Holding area? I tried to navigate my way throughout the pages, but couldn't find anything meaningful. :P Your answer would be greatly appreciated! Cheers! Jayaguru-Shishya (talk) 18:29, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Jayaguru-Shishya: They are actually at the bottom of the page in a hidden section. Wikipedia:Today's_articles_for_improvement/Holding_area#Archive It's a show/hide clicky. --Nick Penguin_(contribs) 01:20, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, indeed. Thanks! :-) Jayaguru-Shishya (talk) 01:22, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 14 January 2015

Op-ed: Articles for creation needs you

WikiProject report: Articles for creation: the inside story

News and notes: Erasmus Prize recognizes the global Wikipedia community

In the media: Wikipedia's birthday brings tributes, app, award; Castro death rumors

Featured content: Citations are needed

Traffic report: Wikipédia sommes Charlie

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An example of prose, a type of writing that simulates the natural flow of language

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The Signpost: 21 January 2015

From the editor: Introducing your new editors-in-chief

Anniversary: A decade of the Signpost

Interview: WWII veteran honors shipmates through Wikipedia editing

News and notes: Annual report released; Wikimania; steward elections

Op-ed: Let's make WikiProjects better

In the media: Johann Hari; bandishes and delicate flowers

Featured content: Yachts, marmots, boat races, and a rocket engineer who attempted to birth a goddess

Arbitration report: As one door closes, a (Gamer)Gate opens

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The opening of the Beethoven Symphony No. 5, a famous symphony.

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The Signpost: 28 January 2015

From the editor: An editorial board that includes you

In focus: Thirteen editors sanctioned in mammoth GamerGate arbitration case

In the media: A murderous week for Wikipedia

Forum: Evaluating the Arbitration Committee's handling of GamerGate

Traffic report: A sea of faces

Recent research: Bot writes about theatre plays; "Renaissance editors" create better content

Special report: Traffic in the fog—most-viewed articles of 2014 include death, Facebook, and Ebola

Featured content: Like Jack Kerouac's On The Road, this week's issue was written on amphetamines

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Freeze dried coffee, an example of the application of food science

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The Signpost: 04 February 2015

News and notes: No men beyond this point: the proposal to create a no-men space on Wikipedia

Op-ed: Is Wikipedia for sale?

In the media: Gamergate and Muhammad controversies continue

Traffic report: The American Heartland

Featured content: It's raining men!

Arbitration report: Slamming shut the GamerGate

WikiProject report: Dicing with death – on Wikipedia?

Technology report: Security issue fixed; VisualEditor changes

Gallery: Langston Hughes

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Empire Field, stadium made with temporary structures, cheaper than permanent.

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The Signpost: 11 February 2015

From the editors: We want to know what you think!

News and notes: One editor faces likely ban for work on Wikipedia; Jimmy Wales awarded $1 million

In the media: Is Wikipedia eating itself?

Featured content: A grizzly bear, Operation Mascot, Freedom Planet & Liberty Island, cosmic dust clouds, a cricket five-wicket list, more fine art, & a terrible, terrible opera...

Traffic report: Bowled over

WikiProject report: Brand new WikiProjects profiled

Gallery: Feel the love

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Using font tags in your signature

Hello there! I'm working on a project trying to bring most of the coding on Wikipedia up to the most current standards (HTML5), and I noticed that your signature is using <font>...</font> tags which were deprecated in HTML 4.0 Transitional, marked as invalid in 4.0 Strict, and are not part of HTML5 at all. I'd love to help you update your signature to use newer code, and if you're interested, I suggest replacing:

[[User:NickPenguin|<span style="color:darkgreen;">Nick</span>]][[User talk:NickPenguin|<span style="color:darkblue;">Penguin</span>]]<sub>([[Special:Contributions/NickPenguin|<span style="color:blue;">'''contribs'''</span>]])</sub>

with:

[[User:NickPenguin|<span style="color:darkgreen">Nick</span>]][[User talk:NickPenguin|<span style="color:darkblue">Penguin</span>]]<sub>([[Special:Contributions/NickPenguin|<span style="color:blue">'''contribs'''</span>]])</sub>

which will result in a 228 character long signature with an appearance of: Nick Penguin_(contribs)compared to your existing 210 character long signature of: Nick Penguin_(contribs) — Either way. Happy editing! Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 09:25, 15 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 8, 2015)

A Sicilian ice cream parlour

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The Signpost: 18 February 2015

Editorial: Recent retirements typify problem of admin attrition

In the media: Students' use and perception of Wikipedia

Special report: Revision scoring as a service

Gallery: Darwin Day

Traffic report: February is for lovers

Featured content: A load of bull-sized breakfast behind the restaurant, Koi feeding, a moray eel, Spaghetti Nebula and other fishy, fishy fish

Arbitration report: We've built the nuclear reactor; now what colour should we paint the bikeshed?

This week's article for improvement (week 9, 2015)

Trailer Trash is a US derogatory term for poor people living in trailers or caravans. It appears that these trailer trash happen to live on a trailer park.

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The Signpost: 25 February 2015

News and notes: Questions raised over WMF partnership with research firm

Op-ed: Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own

In the media: WikiGnomes and Bigfoot

Featured content: The Moon, Mars, Venus, and Saturn, in no particular order. Also, Kaiser Kong.

Gallery: Far from home

Traffic report: Fifty Shades of... self-denial?

Recent research: Gender bias, SOPA blackout, and a student assignment that backfired

WikiProject report: Be prepared... Scouts in the spotlight

Blog: Join the Wikimedia strategy consultation

The Signpost: 25 February 2015

News and notes: Questions raised over WMF partnership with research firm

Op-ed: Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own

In the media: WikiGnomes and Bigfoot

Featured content: The Moon, Mars, Venus, and Saturn, in no particular order. Also, Kaiser Kong.

Gallery: Far from home

Traffic report: Fifty Shades of... self-denial?

Recent research: Gender bias, SOPA blackout, and a student assignment that backfired

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WikiCup 2015 March newsletter

That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed and we're into round 2. 64 competitors made it into this round, and are now broken into eight groups of eight. The top two of each group will go through to round 3, and then the top scoring 16 "wildcards" across all groups. Round 1 saw some interesting work on some very important articles, with the round leader Freikorp (submissions) owing most of his 622 points scored to a Featured Article on the 2001 film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within which qualified for a times-two multiplier. This is a higher score than in previous years, as Godot13 (submissions) had 500 points in 2014 at the end of round 1, and our very own judge, Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) led round 1 with 601 points in 2013.

In addition to Freikorp's work, some other important articles and pictures were improved during round one, here's a snapshot of a few of them:

Cwmhiraeth (submissions) took Bumblebee, a level-4 vital article, to Good Article;
AHeneen (submissions) worked-up the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 article, also to Good Article status;
Rodw (submissions) developed an extremely timely article to Good Article, taking Magna Carta there some 800 years after it was first sealed;
And last but not least, Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points) worked up a number of Featured Pictures during round 1, including the 1948 one Deutsche Mark (pictured right), receiving the maximum bonus due to the number of Wikis that the related article appears in.

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There are many backup dancers accompanying the dances of the main dancer.

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The Signpost: 04 March 2015

From the editor: A sign of the times: the Signpost revamps its internal structure to make contributing easier

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation and OTRS team both publish reports, indicate operating changes

Editorial: Conspiracy theories distract from real questions about grantmaking report

Traffic report: Attack of the movies

Arbitration report: Bradspeaks—impact, regrets, and advice; current cases hinge on sex, religion, and ... infoboxes

Interview: Meet a paid editor

In the media: Kanye West rebranded; Wikipedia in court; editors for hire

Featured content: Ploughing fields and trading horses with Rosa Bonheur

Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

Blog: Black History Month edit-a-thons tackle Wikipedia’s multicultural gaps

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Turkish cuisine

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The Signpost: 11 March 2015

Special report: An advance look at the WMF's fundraising survey

News and notes: WikiWomen's History Month—meetups, blog posts, and "Inspire" grant-making campaign

In the media: Gamergate; a Wiki hoax; Kanye West

In focus: WMF to NSA: "stop spying on Wikipedia users"

Traffic report: Wikipedia: handing knowledge to the world, one prank at a time

Featured content: Here they come, the couple plighted –

Op-ed: Why the Core Contest matters

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An Afghan dinner

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The Signpost: 18 March 2015

From the editor: A salute to Pine

News and notes: SUL finalization imminent; executive office shake-ups at the Foundation

In the media: NYPD editing articles regarding allegations of police brutality and misconduct

Op-ed: Does the Wikimedia fundraising survey address community concerns?

Featured content: A woman who loved kings

Traffic report: It's not cricket

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A antagonist is a character, group of characters, institution, or concept that stands in, or represents, opposition against which the protagonist(s) must contend.

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The Signpost – Volume 11, Issue 12 – 25 March 2015

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation adopts open-access research policy

Op-ed: How my father's railroad image collection now benefits the world: the value of digitization

Featured content: A carnival of animals, a river of dung, a wasteland of uncles, and some people with attitude

Special report: Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2014

Traffic report: Oddly familiar

Recent research: Most important people; respiratory reliability; academic attitudes

Blog: The Wikipedia Library Team reflects on its new Visiting Scholars program

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A man garbage picking through a skip (dumpster)

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Today's articles for improvement

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Please consider participating in this week's vote for TAFI's upcoming Week 17 collaboration. Last week's voting did not receive many participants. Thanks for your consideration. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 15:40, 31 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost, 1 April 2015

In focus: WMF's latest strategy document shows successes, vagueness, and the need for better data

In the media: Wiki-PR duo bulldoze a piñata store; Wifione arbitration case; French parliamentary plagiarism

Featured content: Stop Press. Marie Celeste Mystery Solved. Crew Found Hiding In Wardrobe.

Traffic report: All over the place

News and notes: New edits-by-mail option will "revolutionize" Wikipedia and its editor base

Special report: Pictures of the Year 2015

The Signpost: 01 April 2015

In focus: WMF's latest strategy document shows successes, vagueness, and the need for better data

In the media: Wiki-PR duo bulldoze a piñata store; Wifione arbitration case; French parliamentary plagiarism

Featured content: Stop Press. Marie Celeste Mystery Solved. Crew Found Hiding In Wardrobe.

Traffic report: All over the place

News and notes: New edits-by-mail option will "revolutionize" Wikipedia and its editor base

Special report: Pictures of the Year 2015

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The wheel is one of the most famous and useful inventions in the history of technology

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The Signpost: 08 April 2015

Op-ed: We are drowning in promotional artspam

News and notes: Advancement department to be created at the Foundation, milestone fixes

In the media: Wikipedia on 60 Minutes, Kickstarter, and in the classroom

Traffic report: Resurrection week

Featured content: Partisan arrangements, dodgy dollars, a mysterious union of strings, and a hole that became a monument

WikiProject report: WikiProject Christianity

Arbitration report: New Functionary appointments

Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News

Today's articles for improvement

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A saxophone is an example of an aerophone.

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The Signpost: 15 April 2015

News and notes: Erik Möller leaving Foundation; annual plan grants under community review

In the media: Saving Wikipedia; Internet regulation; Thoreau quote hoax

Blog: Single-User Login provides access to all wikis

Traffic report: Furious domination

Featured content: Au-delà de les Alpes, le chien lit de Sainte Bernard. Sous les pavés, les trimes d'argent! Mes enfants, suivez-moi!

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A satellite image demonstrating the Geography of Niger

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The Signpost: 22 April 2015

Special report: Sony emails reveal corporate practices and undisclosed advocacy editing

In the media: UK political editing; hoaxes; net neutrality

News and notes: Call for candidates as the movement approaches the Wikimedia Board elections

In focus: 2015 Wikimedia Foundation election preparations underway

Featured content: Vanguard on guard

Traffic report: A harvest of couch potatoes

Gallery: The bitter end

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Can you help?

I am having trouble finding a user who can review my article at PR; it has been up there for a month now. I have asked several users who either ignored or couldn't review the article. Currently, there is a user who said he will review it but he has not been active for a week now. Would you care to help me out and review the article? Best, jona ^(talk) 22:14, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Hydroelectric dams use hydropower to generate electricity

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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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An example of home appliances is this washing machine and clothes dryer combination.

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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) 16:39, 4 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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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The food industry is a complex, global collective of diverse businesses that supply much of the food and food energy consumed by the world population.

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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

This week's article for improvement (week 21, 2015)

Left: Czech bramboráček, a bread made of potato dough, being deep fried. Right: The Royal Navy Trafalgar class attack submarine HMS Tireless (S88) sits on the surface of the North Pole, the northern polar ice cap on Earth

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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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Chocolate most commonly comes in dark (bottom), milk (middle), and white (top) varieties

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The term Buggy is generally used to refer to any lightweight automobile with off road capabilities and sparse bodywork.

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The Signpost: 03 June 2015

News and notes: Three new community-elected trustees announced, incumbents out

Blog: How Wikipedia covered Caitlyn Jenner’s transition

Discussion report: The deprecation of Persondata; RfA – A broken process; Complaints from users on Swedish Wikipedia

Featured content: It's not over till the fat man sings

Technology report: Things are getting SPDYier

Special report: Towards "Health Information for All": Medical content on Wikipedia received 6.5 billion page views in 2013

In the media: Anonymous Australian editing targets football player, shooting victim

Traffic report: A rather ordinary week

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An example of sport – a view of the 1906 unofficial Olympic Games

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The Signpost: 10 June 2015

News and notes: Chapter financial trends analyzed, news in brief

Traffic report: Two households, both alike in dignity

In the media: Arbitration case attracts media coverage; Wikipedia in Israel

Featured content: Just the bear facts, ma'am

Technology report: Wikimedia sites are going HTTPS only

Blog: Making Wikipedia’s medical articles accessible in Chinese

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People enjoying the nightlife at a nightclub in Cape Town, South Africa

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The Signpost: 17 June 2015

In the media: Wikipedia wins Asturias Prize; printing out Wikipedia; HTTPS switch

Arbitration report: An election has consequences

In focus: Three weeks to save freedom of panorama in Europe

Op-ed: Making a difference in Wikipedia, one GA at a time

Technology report: HTTPS-only rollout completed; proposal to enable VisualEditor for new accounts

Interview: A veteran’s Wikipedia edits help him understand the brutality behind Yugoslavia’s wars

News and notes: Labs outage kills tools, self; news in brief

Featured content: Great Dane hits 150

Discussion report: A quick way of becoming an admin

WikiProject report: Western Australia speaks – we are back

This week's article for improvement (week 26, 2015)

The amounts of fat types in selected foods

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The Signpost: 24 June 2015

From the editor: The Signpost tagging initiative

Op-ed: Content Translation beta is coming to the English Wikipedia

Special report: Small impact of the large Google Translation Project on Telugu Wikipedia

Featured content: One eye when begun, two when it's done

Recent research: How Wikipedia built governance capability; readability of plastic surgery articles

Technology report: 2015 MediaWiki architecture focus and Multimedia roadmap announced

News and notes: Board of Trustees propose bylaw amendments

In the media: Turkish Wikipedia censorship; "Can Wikipedia survive?"; PR editing

Blog: 7,473 volumes at 700 pages each: meet Print Wikipedia

Arbitration report: Politics by other means: The American politics 2 arbitration

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A party in celebration of the Chinese Year of the Ox at a restaruant

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The Signpost: 01 July 2015

News and notes: Training the Trainers; VP of Engineering leaves WMF

In the media: EU freedom of panorama; Nehru outrage; BBC apology

WikiProject report: Able to make a stand

Featured content: Viva V.E.R.D.I.

Traffic report: We're Baaaaack

Technology report: Technical updates and improvements

Blog: These Texans are on a quest to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of their state’s revolution

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Mecca is regarded as the holiest city in the religion of Islam. Pictured is the Masjid al-Haram during Hajj, 2007.

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The Signpost: 08 July 2015

Editorial: So you want to get your message out. Where do you turn?

News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation annual plan released, news in brief

In the media: Wikimania warning; Wikipedia "mystery" easily solved

Traffic report: The Empire lobs back

Featured content: Pyrénées, Playmates, parliament and a prison...

Technology report: Tech news in brief

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Kayaking in whitewater rapids

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The Signpost: 15 July 2015

Op-ed: On paid editing and advocacy: when the Bright Line fails to shine, and what we can do about it

Traffic report: Belles of the ball

WikiProject report: What happens when a country is no longer a country?

In the media: Shapps requests WMUK data; professor's plagiarism demotion

Blog: Wikimedia Foundation releases third transparency report

News and notes: The Wikimedia Conference and Wikimania

Featured content: When angels and daemons interrupt the vicious and intemperate

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Today's articles for improvement – discussion about changing project processes

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Dessert is a typically sweet course that concludes an evening meal. Pictured is a chocolate-strawberry crumble ball.

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The Signpost: 22 July 2015

From the editor: Change the world

News and notes: Wikimanía 2016; Lightbreather ArbCom case

Wikimanía report: Wikimanía 2015 report, part 1, the plenaries

In the media: Novelists annotate Wikipedia; Wales promotes TPO; Working for free

Traffic report: The Nerds, They Are A-Changin'

WikiProject report: Some more politics

Featured content: The sleep of reason produces monsters

Gallery: "One small step..."

Technology report: Tech news in brief

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An example of an igloo

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The Signpost: 29 July 2015

News and notes: BARC de-adminship proposal; Wikimania recordings debate

Op-ed: My life as an autistic Wikipedian

Recent research: Wikipedia and collective intelligence; how Wikipedia is tweeted

In the media: Is Wikipedia a battleground in the culture wars?

Featured content: Even mammoths get the Blues

Traffic report: Namaste again, Reddit

2015 GA Cup - Round 2

WikiProject Good Articles's 2015 GA Cup - Round 2

Greetings, GA Cup competitors!

Wednesday saw the end of Round 1. The Rambling Man, who was eliminated during the first round in our last competition, earned an impressive 513 points, reviewed twice as many articles (26) as any other competitor. It was a tight race for second for first-time competitors BenLinus1214 and Tomandjerry211, who finished second and third with 243 and 224 points, respectively. Close behind was Wugapodes, who earned 205 points.

The change in our points system had an impact on scoring. It was easier to earn higher points, although the key to success didn't change from last time, which was choosing articles with older nomination dates. For example, most of the articles The Rambling Man reviewed were worth 18 points in the nomination date category, and he benefited from it. BenLinus1214 reviewed the longest article, A Simple Plan (at 26,536 characters, or 4,477 words), the 1994 film starring Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, and Bridget Fonda and directed by Sam Raimi, and earned all possible 5 points in that category.

After feedback from our participants, the judges slightly changed the rule about review length this time out. Shorter reviews are now allowed, as long as reviewers give nominators an opportunity to address their feedback. Shorter reviews are subject to the judges' discretion; the judges will continue their diligence as we continue the competition.

Despite having fewer contestants at the beginning of Round 1 than last time, 132 articles were reviewed, far more than the 117 articles that were reviewed in Round 1 of the inaugural GA Cup. All of us involved should be very proud of what we've accomplished thus far. The judges are certain that Round 2 will be just as successful.

16 contestants have moved onto Round 2 and have been randomly placed in 4 groups of 4, with the top 2 in each pool progressing to Round 3, as well as the top participant ("9th place") of all remaining competitors. Round 2 has already begun and will end on August 29 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 2 and the pools can be found here.

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A farmhouse (bottom) in Einsiedeln, Switzerland

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The Signpost: 05 August 2015

Editorial: Wikipedia better equipped to deal with systemic bias than traditional publishers

Op-ed: Je ne suis pas Google

News and notes: VisualEditor, endowment, science, and news in brief

WikiProject report: Meet the boilerplate makers

In the media: Probe into Nehru edits launched; dangers of the right to be forgotten

Traffic report: Mrityorma amritam gamaya...

Featured content: Maya, Michigan, Medici, Médée, and Moul n'ga

Blog: Get help editing Wikipedia with the new “Co-op” mentorship program

TAFI List of articles purge, part II

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