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The Signpost: 26 April 2020

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Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 06:55, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Why do delete the authentic edits with citations on tarek fateh page can't you please keep this Wikipedia unbaise?

Please be neutral MilkyMike9788 (talk) 10:04, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

MilkyMike9788, I understand what you mean, but the reason I'm reverting your edits is the text that goes along with it – it sounds like peddling scams was all he did, especially considering that this is at the beginning of the article. There is a note on the talk section which is concerned with adding these sources (from a few months ago but still relevant); see here. The way it's phrased (at the beginning of the article, no less) makes it seems like Wikipedia in general does not like Tarek Fatah, which would make it biased. Hope this makes sense. Thatoneweirdwikier | Say hi 10:29, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup 2020 May newsletter

The second round of the 2020 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 75 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top ten contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 186 good articles achieved in total by contestants, and the 355 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:

  • New York (state) Epicgenius, with 2333 points from one featured article, forty-five good articles, fourteen DYKs and plenty of bonus points
  • England Gog the Mild, with 1784 points from three featured articles, eight good articles, a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews and lots of bonus points
  • Botswana The Rambling Man, with 1262 points from two featured articles, eight good articles and a hundred good article reviews
  • Somerset Harrias, with 1141 points from two featured articles, three featured lists, ten good articles, nine DYKs and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews
  • England Lee Vilenski with 869 points, Gondor Hog Farm with 801, Venezuela Kingsif with 719, Cascadia (independence movement) SounderBruce with 710, United States Dunkleosteus77 with 608 and Mexico MX with 515.

The rules for featured article reviews have been adjusted; reviews may cover three aspects of the article, content, images and sources, and contestants may receive points for each of these three types of review. Please also remember the requirement to mention the WikiCup when undertaking an FAR for which you intend to claim points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth. - MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:45, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Top 25 Report

You volunteered to write, here's the upcoming list to finish! (sorry if I filled up most of it... maybe you can change any you feel like can be expanded?) igordebraga ≠ 07:10, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Perfect. I'll get to this as soon as possible. Thatoneweirdwikier | Say hi 07:38, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello there, my name is Rebestalic
I would like to thank you for your massive efforts on this week's Top 25 page. Writing up a quality commentary which is also approachable and with personal flair is not easy (for me at least); but it's there for everyone to see that you put hesitation in the waste basket and squackled through (Yes, 'squackled'; that's derived from a dialogue line in Roald Dahl's The BFG). People like you, Sailawen (or is it TuorEldar?) and of course, mighty Igordebraga, make the weekly Top 25 possible--I'm just a sporadically-working couch potato 😂
Thanks again,
Rebestalic[dubious—discuss] 11:34, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
It was very fun to write the commentary! I plan on doing this some more in the future. Thatoneweirdwikier | Say hi 12:09, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Here's the next one, you can even write the whole thing. igordebraga ≠ 16:42, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Igordebraga, I probably won't write it all, but I'll make a contribution when the table's made (I'm not a wizard of wikitables). Thatoneweirdwikier | Say hi 17:17, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
Made the table for ya, then. igordebraga ≠ 22:56, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

If you wanna try this week... igordebraga ≠ 01:49, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi Igordebraga, sorry for my absence to the 25 last week. I've added some commentary for now, but I will add more. Thatoneweirdwikier | Say hi 08:32, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
Hey, nice work! You seem to have a strange and ethereal superpower that informs you of imminent situations of wherein I have a significant deficiency of free time
Thank you for helping out Rebestalic[leave a message....] 11:10, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
Thanks! Let me know if there's anything that needs to be changed. Thatoneweirdwikier | Say hi 11:23, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
Igordebraga and Rebestalic, whoops, I wrote the whole thing. Let me know if there are any changes needed. Thatoneweirdwikier | Say hi 11:44, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
Thatoneweirdwikier That's fine! Rebestalic[leave a message....] 20:43, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

The Gore House in Freeport, Maine

Serious question: how is adding this fact "not constructive"? True, I don't know what I'm doing, but I know what's true. https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-mcdonalds-maine-colonial-home-2017-7#the-building-was-converted-into-freeports-only-mcdonalds-in-1984-2

Btbky, wow, I've only just realised how silly I am! I'll be honest, when I first read that, I thought "that doesn't make any sense!" but I understand now. trout Self-trout for that. I'll revert my edit. Apologies! Thatoneweirdwikier | Say hi 14:33, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Home Alone

On 17 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Home Alone, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the producers of the 1990 American comedy film Home Alone were threatened with legal action by the French director of 3615 code Père Noël, who alleged that it was a remake of his film? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Home Alone. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Home Alone), 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Million Award for Home Alone

The Million Award
For your contributions to bring Home Alone (estimated annual readership: 1,600,000) to Good Article status, I hereby present you the Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! Reidgreg (talk) 11:13, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

Congrats on clearing this objective on your main user page! – Reidgreg (talk) 11:13, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

Welcome to Milhist!

Hello Thatoneweirdwikier and welcome to the Military history WikiProject! As you may have guessed, we're a group of editors working to improve Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to military history.

A few features that you might find helpful:

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask any of the project coordinators or any other experienced member of the project, and we'll be happy to help you. Again, welcome, and we are looking forward to seeing you around! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 23:39, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 May 2020

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GOCE June newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2020 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since March 2020. You can unsubscribe from our mailings at any time; see below. All times and dates stated are in UTC.

Current events

Election time: Nomination of candidates in our mid-year Election of Coordinators opened on 1 June, and voting will take place from 00:01 on 16 June. GOCE coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought about helping out at the Guild, or you know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here.

June Blitz: This blitz begins at 00:01 on 14 June and ends at 23:59 on 20 June, with themes of articles tagged for copyedit in May 2020 and requests.

Drive and blitz reports

March Drive: Self-isolation from coronavirus may have played a hand in making this one of our most successful backlog elimination drives. The copy-editing backlog was reduced from 477 to a record low of 118 articles, a 75% reduction. The last four months of 2019 were cleared, reducing the backlog to three months. Fifty requests were also completed, and the total word count of copy-edited articles was 759,945. Of the 29 editors who signed up, 22 completed at least one copy edit. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

April Blitz: This blitz ran from 12 to 18 April with a theme of Indian military history. Of the 18 people who signed up, 14 copyedited at least one article. Participants claimed a total of 60 copyedits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

May Drive: This event marked the 10th anniversary of the GOCE's copy-editing drives, and set a goal of diminishing the backlog to just one month of articles, as close to zero articles as possible. We achieved the goal of eliminating all articles that had been tagged prior to the start of the drive, for the first time in our history! Of the 51 editors who signed up, 43 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

Other news

Progress report: as of 2 June, GOCE participants had processed 328 requests since 1 January, which puts us on pace to exceed any previous year's number of requests. As of the end of the May drive, the backlog stood at just 156 articles, all tagged in May 2020.

Outreach: To mark the 10th anniversary of our first Backlog Elimination Drive, The Signpost contributor and GOCE participant Puddleglum2.0 interviewed project coordinators and copy-editors for the journal's April WikiProject Report. The Drive and the current Election of Coordinators have also been covered in The Signpost's May News and Notes page.

Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Reidgreg, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist.

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