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147 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B Solid South (talk) Please add more images Add sources
17 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start United States Senate election in Montana, 2008 (talk) Please add more content Please add more sources Add sources
10 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: List, Predicted class: C United States House of Representatives elections, 1888 (talk) Please create proper section headings Please add more sources Add sources
211 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Cook Partisan Voting Index (talk) Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more sources Add sources
385 Quality: High, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: FA LGBT rights in the United States (talk) Add sources
122 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B Independent politician (talk) Please add more images Please add more sources Add sources
85 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: B American coot (talk) Cleanup
715 Quality: Low, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: Start Aorta (talk) Please add more content Please add more sources Cleanup
1,097 Quality: High, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: FA Eric Cantor (talk) Cleanup
33 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: B United States Senate election in Illinois, 2010 (talk) Expand
22 Quality: High, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: FA United States Senate election in Arizona, 2010 (talk) Expand
45 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: List, Predicted class: B United States House of Representatives elections, 1972 (talk) Please add more sources Expand
15 Quality: High, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: A Columbia River Crossing (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Unencyclopaedic
318 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: B Don Young (talk) Unencyclopaedic
28 Quality: Low, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: Start Supreme Court of New Jersey (talk) Please add more sources Unencyclopaedic
402 Quality: High, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: FA Mo Brooks (talk) Please add more images Merge
389 Quality: High, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: GA Fyi (TV network) (talk) Please add more content Please add more sources Merge
62 Quality: High, Assessed class: List, Predicted class: GA Hannah Montana discography (talk) Merge
41 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Rick Larsen (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more sources Wikify
440 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Claudia Leitte (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more sources Wikify
30 Quality: High, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: GA Charles J. Hynes (talk) Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Wikify
4 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Start Electoral history of Ed Markey (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Orphan
2 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Start Missouri's 27th Senate district (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Orphan
2 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Arno Gasteiger (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Orphan
2 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Stub People's Pledge (United States) (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
147 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Anti-SSA/Ro autoantibodies (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
2 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: C Joseph Zarelli (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
58 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Virginia's 8th congressional district (talk) Please add more content Please add more sources Stub
6 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Jennifer Welsh (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
36 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Stub Kuma–Manych Depression (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub

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WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog Drive

Hello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!

TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.

If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.

At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.

As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!

Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

GA Cup

Hello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!

As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:

For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.

For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).

The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.

--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor

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WikiCup 2014 August newsletter

The final of the 2014 WikiCup begins in a few short minutes! Our eight finalists are listed below, along with their placement in Round 4:

  1. Smithsonian Institution 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.
  2. Scotland 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.
  3. Nepal 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.
  4. Oh, better far to live and die / Under the brave black flag I fly... 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.
  5. Wales 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.
  6. Florida 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.
  7. Colorado Sturmvogel 66 (submissions), the third wildcard, was the 2010 champion and a finalist last year. His writes mostly on military history, especially naval history.
  8. Canada 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. Herm Matty.007 (submissions), Ohio ThaddeusB (submissions), United States WikiRedactor (submissions), Idaho Figureskatingfan (submissions), Greece Yellow Evan (submissions), Portugal Prism (submissions) and Bartošovice v Orlických horách 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)

Feminist+Queer Art Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: Saturday, September 13, Portland, Oregon

You are invited to the Feminist+Queer Art Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, to be held on Saturday, September 13, 2014 from noon–4pm at the Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC), located at 1001 SE Division (97202).

Prior Wikipedia editing is not required; assistance will be available the day of the event. Attendees should bring their own laptops and power cords. Female editors are particularly encouraged to attend, but all are welcome. Hope to see you there!

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1,294 Quality: High, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: FA Time Warner (talk) Add sources
47 Quality: High, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: GA The Progressive (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more sources Add sources
290 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B Political party strength in U.S. states (talk) Please add more sources Add sources
46 Quality: High, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: GA Suzan DelBene (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more sources Add sources
24 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start John McKenna (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Add sources
9 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start United States Senate election in Alaska, 2004 (talk) Please add more content Please add more sources Add sources
289 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Start Still Standing (TV series) (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Cleanup
55 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Helix High School (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more sources Cleanup
31 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Mental reservation (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more sources Cleanup
43 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: B United States House of Representatives elections, 1982 (talk) Please add more sources Expand
7 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Draft Ron Paul movement (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more sources Expand
286 Quality: High, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: FA National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (talk) Please add more sources Expand
154 Quality: High, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: FA United States Senate election in Mississippi, 2014 (talk) Unencyclopaedic
910 Quality: High, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: FA Chris Christie (talk) Unencyclopaedic
51 Quality: High, Assessed class: List, Predicted class: GA United States third party and independent presidential candidates, 2012 (talk) Unencyclopaedic
32 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Stub Makhai (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Merge
89 Quality: High, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: GA Viatical settlement (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Merge
18 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Merge
29 Quality: High, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: FA Chris Collins (U.S. politician) (talk) Please add more images Wikify
10 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Start Candace Whittemore Lovely (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Wikify
73 Quality: High, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: FA Texas gubernatorial election, 2010 (talk) Wikify
1 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Start Missouri's 29th Senate district (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Orphan
5 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Gavin Dawson (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Orphan
0 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Stub Arrondissement of Torhout (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Orphan
305 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub There Was a Crooked Man (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
10 Quality: Low, Assessed class: List, Predicted class: Stub United States House Energy Subcommittee on Energy and Power (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more sources Stub
23 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Tantalus (Oahu) (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
50 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Marilyn Strickland (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
10 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Delaware gubernatorial election, 2008 (talk) Please add more content Please add more sources Stub
14 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Mississippi gubernatorial election, 2011 (talk) Please add more content Please add more sources Stub

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WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup


WikiProject Good articles is holding a new competition, the GA Cup, from October 1, 2014 - March 28, 2015. The Cup will be based on reviewing Good article nominations; for each review, points will be awarded with bonuses for older nominations, longer articles and comprehensive reviews. All participants will start off in one group and the highest scoring participants will go through to the second round. At the moment six rounds are planned, but this may change based on participant numbers.

Some of you may ask: what is the purpose for a competition of this type? Currently, there is a backlog of about 500 unreviewed Good article nominations, almost an all time high. It is our hope that we can decrease the backlog in a fun way, through friendly competition.

Everyone is welcome to join; new and old editors! Sign-ups will be open until October 15, 2014 so sign-up now!

If you have any questions, take a look at the FAQ page and/or contact one of the four judges.

Cheers from NickGibson3900, Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan.

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WikiCup 2014 September newsletter

In one month's time, we will know our WikiCup 2014 champion. Newcomer Smithsonian Institution 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 Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) is in second place with a number of high-importance biology articles, including new FA Isopoda and new GA least weasel. Scotland 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)

Proposed deletion of United States Senate election in Washington, 2016

The article United States Senate election in Washington, 2016 has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

More than two years away - there's too little to say about this election at this time

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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Oiyarbepsy (talk) 03:42, 16 October 2014 (UTC)