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Views/Day Quality Title Content Headings Images Links Sources Tagged with…
3,515 Quality: High, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: GA Grand Theft Auto (series) (talk) Add sources
810 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: C Farming Simulator (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Add sources
75 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Start Range (aeronautics) (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Add sources
73 Quality: High, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: GA Boliviana de Aviación (talk) Please add more content Please add more sources Add sources
121 Quality: High, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: GA Lost Planet 2 (talk) Please add more wikilinks Add sources
1,208 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: B Bushido (talk) Please add more sources Add sources
15 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Henry Kucera (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Cleanup
533 Quality: High, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: A Duke Nukem Forever (talk) Cleanup
1,581 Quality: High, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: FA History of video games (talk) Cleanup
485 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Exploration Flight Test 1 (talk) Please add more content Please add more sources Expand
2,073 Quality: High, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: FA Orion (spacecraft) (talk) Expand
205 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: B Tom Clancy's EndWar (talk) Please add more sources Expand
477 Quality: High, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: A Ahmad Shah Massoud (talk) Unencyclopaedic
712 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C Omar Khayyám (talk) Unencyclopaedic
407 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B Fourth-generation jet fighter (talk) Please add more sources Unencyclopaedic
14 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Stub EA Autolog (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Merge
492 Quality: High, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: FA Need for Speed: The Run (talk) Merge
504 Quality: High, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: FA Unmanned combat aerial vehicle (talk) Merge
579 Quality: High, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: GA Rage (video game) (talk) Wikify
98 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: B Kane (Command & Conquer) (talk) Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more sources Wikify
191 Quality: High, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: GA Torchlight (talk) Please add more images Wikify
3 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Start Selman Uranues (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Orphan
4 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Why U (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Orphan
41 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Hammerwatch (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Orphan
8 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Fighter Wing Skrydstrup (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
43 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Discourse (software) (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
67 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start DoNotTrackMe (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
24 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Stub Cairo Aviation (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
5 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Flyford Flavell (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more sources Stub
26 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Disney's PK: Out of the Shadows (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub

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Hello Redalert2fan. This message is part of a mass mailing to people who appear active in reviewing articles for creation submissions. First of all, thank you for taking part in this important work! I'm sorry this message is a form letter – it really was the only way I could think of to covey the issue economically. Of course, this also means that I have not looked to see whether the matter is applicable to you in particular.

The issue is in rather large numbers of copyright violations ("copyvios") making their way through AfC reviews without being detected (even when easy to check, and even when hallmarks of copyvios in the text that should have invited a check, were glaring). A second issue is the correct method of dealing with them when discovered.

If you don't do so already, I'd like to ask for your to help with this problem by taking on the practice of performing a copyvio check as the first step in any AfC review. The most basic method is to simply copy a unique but small portion of text from the draft body and run it through a search engine in quotation marks. Trying this from two different paragraphs is recommended. (If you have any question about whether the text was copied from the draft, rather than the other way around (a "backwards copyvio"), the Wayback Machine is very useful for sussing that out.)

If you do find a copyright violation, please do not decline the draft on that basis. Copyright violations need to be dealt with immediately as they may harm those whose content is being used and expose Wikipedia to potential legal liability. If the draft is substantially a copyvio, and there's no non-infringing version to revert to, please mark the page for speedy deletion right away using {{db-g12|url=URL of source}}. If there is an assertion of permission, please replace the draft article's content with {{subst:copyvio|url=URL of source}}.

Some of the more obvious indicia of a copyvio are use of the first person ("we/our/us..."), phrases like "this site", or apparent artifacts of content written for somewhere else ("top", "go to top", "next page", "click here", use of smartquotes, etc.); inappropriate tone of voice, such as an overly informal tone or a very slanted marketing voice with weasel words; including intellectual property symbols (™,®); and blocks of text being added all at once in a finished form with no misspellings or other errors.

I hope this message finds you well and thanks again you for your efforts in this area. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:20, 18 November 2014 (UTC).

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102 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Stub Ceiling (aeronautics) (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Add sources
207 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: B Resistance: Fall of Man (talk) Please add more sources Add sources
228 Quality: High, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: FA Test Drive Unlimited 2 (talk) Add sources
143 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Helmet-mounted display (talk) Please add more sources Add sources
102 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Stub Chris Von Erich (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more sources Add sources
210 Quality: High, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: FA Cubana de Aviación (talk) Add sources
81 Quality: High, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: GA Claude (Grand Theft Auto) (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more sources Cleanup
30 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C VG247 (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Cleanup
73 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: C Wuala (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Cleanup
660 Quality: High, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: FA Max Payne 3 (talk) Expand
427 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Game design (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more sources Expand
1,014 Quality: High, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: FA Boeing CH-47 Chinook (talk) Expand
307 Quality: High, Assessed class: List, Predicted class: A Fictional military aircraft (talk) Please add more sources Unencyclopaedic
120 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Long-acting reversible contraception (talk) Please add more content Please add more images Please add more sources Unencyclopaedic
1,994 Quality: High, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: FA The Elder Scrolls (talk) Unencyclopaedic
215 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Czech Airlines (talk) Merge
364 Quality: High, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: GA Los Santos (Grand Theft Auto) (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more sources Merge
15 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Stub PowerPlay (technology) (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Merge
315 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Thief in law (talk) Please add more sources Wikify
517 Quality: High, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: FA Aliens: Colonial Marines (talk) Wikify
63 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Kaman HH-43 Huskie (talk) Please add more content Please add more sources Wikify
4 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Apabad (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Orphan
4 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Start ActionAid Kenya (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Orphan
1 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Atzenberger Höhe (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Orphan
8 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub The UnderGarden (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
54 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Combat radius (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
16 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: C Alexei Borodin (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
35 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Manufacturer's empty weight (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
37 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Dead Space: Martyr (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
29 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Pike Transit Initiative (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub

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123 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: C Naval flight officer (talk) Please add more sources Add sources
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60 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Stub HAVE QUICK (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Add sources
456 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B Winning streak (sports) (talk) Please add more images Add sources
7 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Julius von Klever (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Add sources
57 Quality: Low, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: Start Hughes XH-17 (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more sources Cleanup
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410 Quality: Low, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: Start Poptropica (talk) Please add more content Please add more sources Cleanup
1,225 Quality: High, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: FA Borderlands (video game) (talk) Please add more images Expand
131 Quality: Low, Assessed class: List, Predicted class: Start Golden Joystick Award (talk) Please add more images Expand
106 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Unassessed, Predicted class: Start Equipment of the United States Armed Forces (talk) Please add more sources Expand
1,000 Quality: High, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: GA TotalBiscuit (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more wikilinks Unencyclopaedic
62 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: B Select Bus Service (talk) Please add more sources Unencyclopaedic
16 Quality: Low, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: Start Brewster XA-32 (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more images Please add more sources Unencyclopaedic
104 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: List, Predicted class: B American Airlines accidents and incidents (talk) Please add more images Please add more sources Merge
576 Quality: High, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: FA Ferrari Testarossa (talk) Merge
667 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Purified water (talk) Please add more images Please add more sources Merge
471 Quality: High, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: FA Rayman Legends (talk) Please create proper section headings Wikify
139 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B BTR-4 (talk) Please add more content Please add more sources Wikify
295 Quality: High, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: GA Niko Bellic (talk) Please add more sources Wikify
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35 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Stub MAKS (air show) (talk) Please add more content Please create proper section headings Please add more wikilinks Please add more sources Stub
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VisualEditor newsletter—December 2014

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Did you know?

Basic table editing is now available in VisualEditor. You can add and remove rows and columns from existing tables at the click of a button.

The user guide has more information about how to use VisualEditor.

Since the last newsletter, the Editing Team has fixed many bugs and worked on table editing and performance. Their weekly status reports are posted on Mediawiki.org. Upcoming plans are posted at the VisualEditor roadmap.

VisualEditor was deployed to several hundred remaining wikis as an opt-in beta feature at the end of November, except for most Wiktionaries (which depend heavily upon templates) and all Wikisources (which await integration with ProofreadPage).

Recent improvements

Basic support for editing tables is available. You can insert new tables, add and remove rows and columns, set or remove a caption for a table, and merge cells together. To change the contents of a cell, double-click inside it. More features will be added in the coming months. In addition, VisualEditor now ignores broken, invalid rowspan and colspan elements, instead of trying to repair them.

You can now use find and replace in VisualEditor, reachable through the tool menu or by pressing ⌃ Ctrl+F or ⌘ Cmd+F.

You can now create and edit simple <blockquote> paragraphs for quoting and indenting content. This changes a "Paragraph" into a "Block quote".

Some new keyboard sequences can be used to format content. At the start of the line, typing "*  " will make the line a bullet list; "1.  " or "# " will make it a numbered list; "==" will make it a section heading; ": " will make it a blockquote. If you didn't mean to use these tools, you can press undo to undo the formatting change. There are also two other keyboard sequences: "[[" for opening the link tool, and "{{" for opening the template tool, to help experienced editors. The existing standard keyboard shortcuts, like ⌃ Ctrl+K to open the link editor, still work.

If you add a category that has been redirected, then VisualEditor now adds its target. Categories without description pages show up as red.

You can again create and edit galleries as wikitext code.

Looking ahead

VisualEditor will replace the existing design with a new theme designed by the User Experience group. The new theme will be visible for desktop systems at MediaWiki.org in late December and at other sites early January. (You can see a developer preview of the old "Apex" theme and the new "MediaWiki" one which will replace it.)

The Editing team plans to add auto-fill features for citations in January. Planned changes to the media search dialog will make choosing between possible images easier.

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Thank you! WhatamIdoing (WMF) (talk) 23:37, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

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