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A bowl of strawberries for you!

Thank you for your effort in closing the ADL multi-RFC. It is greatly appreciated. starship.paint (RUN) 15:32, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for closing it! VR (Please ping on reply) 18:28, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Looking for thoughts

I am working on User:SL93/Iowa's Best Burger contest for DYK was I wondering if any of what I have so far sounds promotional. I haven't been to any of the restaurants listed, and I don't want to add anything that could come across as promoting them. I came across the subject in a book that has a chapter dedicated to it. SL93 (talk) 03:41, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

@SL93: Hey! The "Winners" section strikes me as slightly promotional. Perhaps it could be condensed to a simple table? On a broader note, at some point I should really get around to writing Wikipedia:Cobbled sources make cobbled articles. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 04:38, 22 June 2024 (UTC)
I meant to do a table, but I’m not sure how to do it. SL93 (talk) 04:42, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

TFA

story · music · places

Thank you today for Capri-Sun, written together, introduced: "Capri-Sun debuted in West Germany in 1969. Since then, it has become a global brand, one made distinctive by its stand-up Doy-N-Pack pouch. Growing up, you could find a Capri-Sun in the lunchbox of that kid you hated. These days you can find them center-stage in French hip-hop culture as "the new ostentatious elixir of French rappers and gangsters". In the United States, Capri Sun is associated with wholesome things like picnics, soccer practice, and having for 16 years been licensed to one of the world's largest tobacco companies, which applied its expertise at both selling products to children and misleading the public about products' health effects, in a marketing strategy so effective that you're probably still thinking about that kid from two sentences ago. Childhood consumption of sugary beverages increased, and so did childhood obesity, but admittedly Pacific Cooler does taste great. - Initially, Tamzin and I thought this was gonna be a quick adventure – we thought we'd quickly flip a good number of soft drink articles, maybe even get a good topic. Capri-Sun quickly proved to be no insignificant task, though – it's the longest article either of us can put our names on, with every word of prose written from scratch. To our knowledge, this is the most comprehensive independent work on Capri-Sun in existence. We got it to GA in early 2023 after a couple months' work, making it one of two GAs on a soft drink and the only one on a juice beverage. Then, it just sat for a while. But after dusting off the ol' thing and giving it the last few bits it was missing, it is with much pride and added sugar that we finally push this towards the finish line. :)"! - June thanks for improving article quality ;) -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:28, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

I am sorry about no qpq for Katja Paryla. I had company for days, was out all day yesterday, and when I returned had to look for more sources to not let Jodie Devos without RD notice and worked until exhausted. I am happy it was sufficient. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:33, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Admin's Barnstar
I stated in the discussion below the vote that I felt quite bad for whichever poor admin got tasked with closing the ADL RfC - props for being one of the ones to do so! The Kip (contribs) 21:39, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Fedorenko v. United States

On 28 June 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Fedorenko v. United States, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a man was denaturalized and deported from the United States for working at a Nazi death camp, despite the courts never holding that he did it willingly? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fedorenko v. United States. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Fedorenko v. United States), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Hook update
Your hook reached 16,638 views (693.2 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of June 2024 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:28, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

JuniperChills DYK work

Hi theleekycauldron, what do you think of my DYK nominations and reviews located at User:JuniperChill/DYK work. As I only have 1000 edits and started editing on Dec 2023, this may be fun to see. I also note that you introduced me to DYK after reading your RfA (also stated at my DYK page). My DYK work is definitely interesting for a few reasons I can think of at that page. JuniperChill (talk) 12:29, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Hey there, JuniperChill! My apologies for leaving you hanging. I've had some time to take a look through your reviews – here's what I would tell you if I were acting as a DYK promoter:
  • Azahriah – well handled :)
  • Eve (Stellar Blade) – I would challenge your assessment of the interestingness of the provided hooks. Are these hooks really "likely to be perceived as unusual or intriguing by readers with no special knowledge or interest", and if so, why?
  • Music Sounds Better with You – Looks like you expressed some doubt about ALT0, but I'm not sure if you caught the fact that an interview subject is not a reliable source for other people. Both of the sources cited on ALT1 seem to attribute to other sources – I wrote an essay on attribution at DYK, but I would argue this is a straightforward policy question. I would have challenged you both to track down the original reporting and cite that instead.
  • Interstate 85 in North Carolina – seems to have caught a fair amount of flak at WT:DYK, which I hope you've been following and learning from.
  • Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail – it's a matter of dispute as to whether WP:DYKFICTION applies to video games, so I wouldn't fault you for not automatically jumping there, but you probably should be aware of it as it relates to ALTs 1 and 2. As for ALT0a, I probably would've asked for some more copyediting, and I'm overall not wild about the quality of the sourcing but wouldn't hold that against anyone.
Overall, I'd say that you're doing a good job! This is probably a harsher review than most experienced promoters get, particularly where interestingness is concerned. I would encourage you to get more involved in DYK, pick it up as you go along, keep up with what's going on at WT:DYK and see what you can take away from it. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out (I'll do my best to give a more timely response!). theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 08:34, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
I never thought I would be reviewing and later promoting DYKs. I didn't plan that from when I nominated my first two DYKs. I really think my first ever DYK review was the best one yet because its the only one where I had to decline it and put a lot of comments. Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly was my first successful article and my first DYK of an article that I made. Since I am not that experienced, I think my DYK stuff is one of the best for a newcomer.
The I85 talk was because of the fact that it reached GA but its currently under a reassessment because of reference issues. I never thought someone would promote it to GA only to go under reassessment after DYK was approved then pulled. A similar thing happened to cozy game (DYK nom) where it was deferred due to the close paraphrasing issue but was later fixed by someone who wasn't me (nom) or Andrzejbanas (creator) and got there in the end. That meant that my luck was high to have 2 DYKs exactly one month apart (22 April and 22 May respectively). I used to close RMs but have mostly moved onto DYK. I have started promoting some hooks so now I feel like being part of the DYK team. JuniperChill (talk) 18:37, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
Actually, since people outside video gaming may not understand this hook below, is this alright which I also put on my DYK work page? Or would I have to change it?
I really love this farm sim similar to Coral Island and My Time at Sandrock and have over 200 hours on it. JuniperChill (talk) 21:01, 6 July 2024 (UTC) JuniperChill (talk) 21:01, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
Forgot to ping theleekycauldron JuniperChill (talk) 21:03, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 July newsletter

The third round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 June. As with Round 2, this round was competitive: each of the 16 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 256 points.

The following editors all scored more than 400 points in Round 3:

The full scores for round 3 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92 in the news credits, and at least 285 did you know credits. They have conducted 279 featured article reviews, as well as 492 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 22 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed during Round 4, which starts on 1 July at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. 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. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:30, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

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I am sorry if that compliment came out wrong. I respect and like Tamzin and I was wowed that she closed that ADL discussion so well. I am also really sorry that you and I have friction lately. Being at ANI is probably similar to standing for RFA, only much much worse. And I took a break from all day defense mode so to compliment Tamzin. I just added a new comment maybe clearer, and I hope that we can start over someday. I wish I could restart my whole experience on Wikipedia. Lightburst (talk) 06:02, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

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