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The WikiProject: Good Articles Newsletter (January 2013)

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This newsletter was delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 14:34, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

WikiCup 2013 January newsletter

Signups are now closed; we have our final 127 contestants for this year's competition. 64 contestants will make it to the next round at the end of February, but we're already seeing strong scoring compared to previous years. Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) currently leads, with 358 points. At this stage in 2012, the leader (Irish Citizen Army Grapple X (submissions)) had 342 points, while in 2011, the leader had 228 points. We also have a large number of scorers when compared with this stage in previous years. Florida 12george1 (submissions) was the first competitor to score this year, as he was last year, with a detailed good article review. Some other firsts:

Featured articles, portals and topics, as well as good topics, are yet to feature in the competition.

This year, the bonus points system has been reworked, with bonus points on offer for old articles prepared for did you know, and "multiplier" points reworked to become more linear. For details, please see Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. There have been some teething problems as the bot has worked its way around the new system, but issues should mostly be ironed out- please report any problems to the WikiCup talk page. Here are some participants worthy of note with regards to the bonus points:

  • United States Ed! (submissions) was the first to score bonus points, with Portland-class cruiser, a good article.
  • Australia Hawkeye7 (submissions) has the highest overall bonus points, as well as the highest scoring article, thanks to his work on Enrico Fermi, now a good article. The biography of such a significant figure to the history of science warrants nearly five times the normal score.
  • Chicago HueSatLum (submissions) claimed bonus points for René Vautier and Nicolas de Fer, articles that did not exist on the English Wikipedia at the start of the year; a first for the WikiCup. The articles were eligible for bonus points because of fact they were both covered on a number of other Wikipedias.

Also, a quick mention of British Empire The C of E (submissions), who may well have already written the oddest article of the WikiCup this year: did you know that the Fucking mayor objected to Fucking Hell on the grounds that there was no Fucking brewery? The gauntlet has been thrown down; can anyone beat it?

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. 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 (talkemail) and The ed17 (talkemail) 00:48, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - February 2013

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WikiCup 2013 February newsletter

Round 1 is now over. The top 64 scorers have progressed to round 2, where they have been randomly split into eight pools of eight. At the end of April, the top two from each pool, as well as the 16 highest scorers from those remaining, will progress to round 3. Commiserations to those eliminated; if you're interested in still being involved in the WikiCup, able and willing reviewers will always be needed, and if you're interested in getting involved with other collaborative projects, take a look at the WikiWomen's Month discussed below.

Round 1 saw 21 competitors with over 100 points, which is fantastic; that suggests that this year's competition is going to be highly competative. Our lower scores indicate this, too: A score of 19 was required to reach round 2, which was significantly higher than the 11 points required in 2012 and 8 points required in 2011. The score needed to reach round 3 will be higher, and may depend on pool groupings. In 2011, 41 points secured a round 3 place, while in 2012, 65 was needed. Our top three scorers in round 1 were:

  1. Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), primarily for an array of warship GAs.
  2. London Miyagawa (submissions), primarily for an array of did you knows and good articles, some of which were awarded bonus points.
  3. New South Wales Casliber (submissions), due in no small part to Canis Minor, a featured article awarded a total of 340 points. A joint submission with Alaska Keilana (submissions), this is the highest scoring single article yet submitted in this year's competition.

Other contributors of note include:

Featured topics have still played no part in this year's competition, but once again, a curious contribution has been offered by British Empire The C of E (submissions): did you know that there is a Shit Brook in Shropshire? With April Fools' Day during the next round, there will probably be a good chance of more unusual articles...

March sees the WikiWomen's History Month, a series of collaborative efforts to aid the women's history WikiProject to coincide with Women's History Month and International Women's Day. A number of WikiCup participants have already started to take part. The project has a to-do list of articles needing work on the topic of women's history. Those interested in helping out with the project can find articles in need of attention there, or, alternatively, add articles to the list. Those interested in collaborating on articles on women's history are also welcome to use the WikiCup talk page to find others willing to lend a helping hand. Another collaboration currently running is an an effort from WikiCup participants to coordinate a number of Easter-themed did you know articles. Contributions are welcome!

A few final administrative issues. From now on, submission pages will need only a link to the article and a link to the nomination page, or, in the case of good article reviews, a link to the review only. See your submissions' page for details. This will hopefully make updating submission pages a little less tedious. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. 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 (talkemail) and The ed17 (talkemail) J Milburn (talk) 11:45, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Cite DGRC

Some time ago you created Template:Diccionario Geográfico de la República de Chile entry

I have recently modified it to use what is now the standard parameter of "wstitle=" in place of "entry=". The letter=parameter is now redundant and removed (instead there is a string cut to do the same think automatically). I have also moved the template to a new name and created two other similar templates see:

These are the names commonly used for this type of template. See Category:Wikisource link templates]] -- PBS (talk) 16:14, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Good Article Nominations Request For Comment

A 'Request For Comment' for Good Article Nominations is currently being held. We are asking that you please take five to ten minutes to review all seven proposals that will affect Good Article Nominations if approved. Full details of each proposal can be found here. Please comment on each proposal (or as many as you can) here.

At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support.

If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread.

Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.

WikiCup 2013 March newsletter

We are halfway through round two. Pool A sees the strongest competition, with five out of eight of its competitors scoring over 100, and Pool H is lagging, with half of its competitors yet to score. WikiCup veterans lead overall; Pool A's Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) (2010's winner) leads overall, with poolmate London Miyagawa (submissions) (a finalist in 2011 and 2012) not far behind. Pool F's New South Wales Casliber (submissions) (a finalist in 2010, 2011 and 2012) is in third. The top two scorers in each pool, as well as the next highest 16 scorers overall, will progress to round three at the end of April.

Today has seen a number of Easter-themed did you knows from WikiCup participants, and March has seen collaboration from contestants with WikiWomen's History Month. It's great to see the WikiCup being used as a locus of collaboration; if you know of any collaborative efforts going on, or want to start anything up, please feel free to use the WikiCup talk page to help find interested editors. As well as fostering collaboration, we're also seeing the Cup encouraging the improvement of high-importance articles through the bonus point system. Highlights from the last month include GAs on physicist Niels Bohr (Australia Hawkeye7 (submissions)), on the European hare (Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions)), on the constellation Circinus (Alaska Keilana (submissions) and New South Wales Casliber (submissions)) and on the Third Epistle of John (Indiana Cerebellum (submissions)). All of these subjects were covered on at least 50 Wikipedias at the beginning of the year and, subsequently, each contribution was awarded at least three times as many points as normal.

Wikipedians who enjoy friendly competition may be interested in participating in April's wikification drive. While wikifying an article is typically not considered "significant work" such that it can be claimed for WikiCup points, such gnomish work is often invaluable in keeping articles in shape, and is typically very helpful for new writers who may not be familiar with formatting norms.

A quick reminder: now, submission pages will need only a link to the article and a link to the nomination page, or, in the case of good article reviews, a link to the review only. See your submissions' page for details. This will hopefully make updating submission pages a little less tedious. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. 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 (talkemail) and The ed17 (talkemail) J Milburn (talk) 22:43, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

Lists at FLC

If you have time or interest, feel free to take a look at my two lists at FLC: List of awards and nominations received by Fiona Apple and List of songs recorded by Pink Martini. Thanks so much! --Another Believer (Talk) 15:53, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

WikiCup 2013 April newsletter

We are a week into Round 3, but it is off to a flying start, with Republic of Rose Island Sven Manguard (submissions) claiming for the high-importance Portal:Sports and Portal:Geography (which are the first portals ever awarded bonus points in the WikiCup) and Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) claiming for a did you know of sea, the highest scoring individual did you know article ever submitted for the WikiCup. Round 2 saw very impressive scores at close; first place New South Wales Casliber (submissions) and second place Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) both scored over 1000 points; a feat not seen in Round 2 since 2010. This, in part, has been made possible by the change in the bonus points rules, but is also testament to the quality of the competition this year. Pool C and Pool G were most competitive, with three quarters of participants making it to Round 3, while Pool D was the least, with only the top two scorers making it through. The lowest qualifying score was 123, significantly higher than last year's 65, 2011's 41 or even 2010's 100.

The next issue of The Signpost is due to include a brief update on the current WikiCup, comparing it to previous years' competitions. This may be of interest to current WikiCup followers, and may help bring some more new faces into the community. We would also like to note that this round includes an extra competitor to the 32 advertised, who has been added to a random pool. This extra inclusion seems to have been the fairest way to deal with a small mistake made before the beginning of this round, but should not affect the competition in a large way. If you have any questions or concerns about this, please feel free to contact one of the judges.

A rules clarification: content promoted between rounds can be claimed in the round after the break, but not the round before. The case in point is content promoted on 29/30 April, which may be claimed in this round. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. 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 (talkemail) and The ed17 (talkemail) 16:07, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

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WikiProject Good Articles Recruitment Centre

Hello! Now, some of you might be wondering why there is a Good article icon with a bunch of stars around (to the right). The answer? WikiProject Good articles will be launching a Recruitment Centre very soon! The centre will allow all users to be taught how to review Good article nominations by experts just like you! However, in order for the Recruitment Centre to open in the first place, we need some volunteers:
  • Recruiters: The main task of a recruiter is to teach users that have never reviewed a Good article nomination how to review one. To become a recruiter, all you have to do is meet this criteria. If we don't get at least 5-10 recruiters to start off with, the Recruitment Centre will not open. If interested, make sure you meet the criteria, read the process and add your name to the list of recruiters. (One of the great things about being a recruiter is that there is no set requirement of what must be taught and when. Instead, all the content found in the process section is a guideline of the main points that should be addressed during a recruitment session...you can also take an entire different approach if you wish!) If you think you will not have the time to recruit any users at this time but are still interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still add your name to the list of recruiters but just fill in the "Status" parameter with "Not Available".
  • Co-Director: The current Director for the centre is me (Dom497). Another user that would be willing to help with some of the tasks would be helpful. Tasks include making sure recruiters are doing what they should be (teaching!), making sure all recruitments are archived correctly, updating pages as needed, answering any questions, and distributing the feedback form. If interested, please contact me (Dom497).
  • Nominators, please read this: If you are not interested in becoming a recruiter, you can still help. In some cases a nominator may have an issue with an "inexperienced" editor (the recruitee) reviewing one of their nominations. To minimize the chances of this happening, if you are fine with a recruitee reviewing one of your nominations under the supervision of the recruiter, please add your name to the list at the bottom of this page. By adding your name to this list, chances are that your nomination will be reviewed more quickly as the recruitee will be asked to choose a nomination from the list of nominators that are OK with them reviewing the article.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. I look forward to seeing this program bring new reviewers to the Good article community and all the positive things it will bring along.

A message will be sent out to all recruiters regarding the date when the Recruitment Centre will open when it is determined. The message will also contain some further details to clarify things that may be a bit confusing.--Dom497 (talk)

This message was sent out by --EdwardsBot (talk) 01:15, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

DYK RfC

  • As a listed GA participant, you are invited to contribute to a formal Request for Comment on the question of whether Good Articles should be eligible to appear in the Did You Know? slot in future. Please see the proposal on its subpage here, or on the main DYK talk page. To add the discussion to your watchlist, click this link. Thank you in advance. Gilderien Chat|Contributions03:04, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

Nomination of Cáhuil Bridge for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Cáhuil Bridge is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cáhuil Bridge until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Mangoe (talk) 14:02, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

Books and Bytes: The Wikipedia Library Newsletter

Books and Bytes

Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2013

by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs)

Greetings Wikipedia Library members! Welcome to the inaugural edition of Books and Bytes, TWL’s monthly newsletter. We're sending you the first edition of this opt-in newsletter, because you signed up, or applied for a free research account: HighBeam, Credo, Questia, JSTOR, or Cochrane. To receive future updates of Books and Bytes, please add your name to the subscriber's list. There's lots of news this month for the Wikipedia Library, including new accounts, upcoming events, and new ways to get involved...

New positions: Sign up to be a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar, or a Volunteer Wikipedia Librarian

Wikipedia Loves Libraries: Off to a roaring start this fall in the United States: 29 events are planned or have been hosted.

New subscription donations: Cochrane round 2; HighBeam round 8; Questia round 4... Can we partner with NY Times and Lexis-Nexis??

New ideas: OCLC innovations in the works; VisualEditor Reference Dialog Workshop; a photo contest idea emerges

News from the library world: Wikipedian joins the National Archives full time; the Getty Museum releases 4,500 images; CERN goes CC-BY

Announcing WikiProject Open: WikiProject Open kicked off in October, with several brainstorming and co-working sessions

New ways to get involved: Visiting scholar requirements; subject guides; room for library expansion and exploration

Read the full newsletter


Thanks for reading! All future newsletters will be opt-in only. Have an item for the next issue? Leave a note for the editor on the Suggestions page. --The Interior 20:11, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive

Hello! A GAN Backlog Drive will begin in less than 4 days!

In past Backlog Drives, the goal was to reduce the backlog of Good article nominations. In the upcoming drive, another goal will be added - raising as much money as we can for the Wikimedia Foundation. How will this work? Well, its pretty simple. Any user interested in donating can submit a pledge at the Backlog Drive page (linked above). The pledge should mention the amount of money the user is willing to donate per review. For example, if a user pledges 5 cents per review and 100 nominations are reviewed, the total donation amount is $5.00.

At the time this message was sent out, two users have submitted pledges for a total of 8 cents per review. All pledges, no matter how much money, are greatly appreciated. Also, in no way is this saying you must make a pledge.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on the Backlog Drive talk page. And remember, there are less than 4 days before the drive starts!--EdwardsBot (talk) 03:12, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive

Hello! Just a friendly reminder that the GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on December 31, 2013!

If you know anyone outside of the WikiProject that may be interested, feel free to invite them to the drive!

If you have any questions or want to comment about something regarding the drive, post them here--EdwardsBot (talk) 00:05, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Library Survey

As a subscriber to one of The Wikipedia Library's programs, we'd like to hear your thoughts about future donations and project activities in this brief survey. Thanks and cheers, Ocaasi t | c 14:56, 9 December 2013 (UTC)


The WikiProject: Good Articles Newsletter (January 2013)

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This newsletter was delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 14:34, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

WikiCup 2013 January newsletter

Signups are now closed; we have our final 127 contestants for this year's competition. 64 contestants will make it to the next round at the end of February, but we're already seeing strong scoring compared to previous years. Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) currently leads, with 358 points. At this stage in 2012, the leader (Irish Citizen Army Grapple X (submissions)) had 342 points, while in 2011, the leader had 228 points. We also have a large number of scorers when compared with this stage in previous years. Florida 12george1 (submissions) was the first competitor to score this year, as he was last year, with a detailed good article review. Some other firsts:

Featured articles, portals and topics, as well as good topics, are yet to feature in the competition.

This year, the bonus points system has been reworked, with bonus points on offer for old articles prepared for did you know, and "multiplier" points reworked to become more linear. For details, please see Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. There have been some teething problems as the bot has worked its way around the new system, but issues should mostly be ironed out- please report any problems to the WikiCup talk page. Here are some participants worthy of note with regards to the bonus points:

  • United States Ed! (submissions) was the first to score bonus points, with Portland-class cruiser, a good article.
  • Australia Hawkeye7 (submissions) has the highest overall bonus points, as well as the highest scoring article, thanks to his work on Enrico Fermi, now a good article. The biography of such a significant figure to the history of science warrants nearly five times the normal score.
  • Chicago HueSatLum (submissions) claimed bonus points for René Vautier and Nicolas de Fer, articles that did not exist on the English Wikipedia at the start of the year; a first for the WikiCup. The articles were eligible for bonus points because of fact they were both covered on a number of other Wikipedias.

Also, a quick mention of British Empire The C of E (submissions), who may well have already written the oddest article of the WikiCup this year: did you know that the Fucking mayor objected to Fucking Hell on the grounds that there was no Fucking brewery? The gauntlet has been thrown down; can anyone beat it?

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. 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 (talkemail) and The ed17 (talkemail) 00:48, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter - February 2013

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WikiCup 2013 February newsletter

Round 1 is now over. The top 64 scorers have progressed to round 2, where they have been randomly split into eight pools of eight. At the end of April, the top two from each pool, as well as the 16 highest scorers from those remaining, will progress to round 3. Commiserations to those eliminated; if you're interested in still being involved in the WikiCup, able and willing reviewers will always be needed, and if you're interested in getting involved with other collaborative projects, take a look at the WikiWomen's Month discussed below.

Round 1 saw 21 competitors with over 100 points, which is fantastic; that suggests that this year's competition is going to be highly competative. Our lower scores indicate this, too: A score of 19 was required to reach round 2, which was significantly higher than the 11 points required in 2012 and 8 points required in 2011. The score needed to reach round 3 will be higher, and may depend on pool groupings. In 2011, 41 points secured a round 3 place, while in 2012, 65 was needed. Our top three scorers in round 1 were:

  1. Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), primarily for an array of warship GAs.
  2. London Miyagawa (submissions), primarily for an array of did you knows and good articles, some of which were awarded bonus points.
  3. New South Wales Casliber (submissions), due in no small part to Canis Minor, a featured article awarded a total of 340 points. A joint submission with Alaska Keilana (submissions), this is the highest scoring single article yet submitted in this year's competition.

Other contributors of note include:

Featured topics have still played no part in this year's competition, but once again, a curious contribution has been offered by British Empire The C of E (submissions): did you know that there is a Shit Brook in Shropshire? With April Fools' Day during the next round, there will probably be a good chance of more unusual articles...

March sees the WikiWomen's History Month, a series of collaborative efforts to aid the women's history WikiProject to coincide with Women's History Month and International Women's Day. A number of WikiCup participants have already started to take part. The project has a to-do list of articles needing work on the topic of women's history. Those interested in helping out with the project can find articles in need of attention there, or, alternatively, add articles to the list. Those interested in collaborating on articles on women's history are also welcome to use the WikiCup talk page to find others willing to lend a helping hand. Another collaboration currently running is an an effort from WikiCup participants to coordinate a number of Easter-themed did you know articles. Contributions are welcome!

A few final administrative issues. From now on, submission pages will need only a link to the article and a link to the nomination page, or, in the case of good article reviews, a link to the review only. See your submissions' page for details. This will hopefully make updating submission pages a little less tedious. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. 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 (talkemail) and The ed17 (talkemail) J Milburn (talk) 11:45, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Cite DGRC

Some time ago you created Template:Diccionario Geográfico de la República de Chile entry

I have recently modified it to use what is now the standard parameter of "wstitle=" in place of "entry=". The letter=parameter is now redundant and removed (instead there is a string cut to do the same think automatically). I have also moved the template to a new name and created two other similar templates see:

These are the names commonly used for this type of template. See Category:Wikisource link templates]] -- PBS (talk) 16:14, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Good Article Nominations Request For Comment

A 'Request For Comment' for Good Article Nominations is currently being held. We are asking that you please take five to ten minutes to review all seven proposals that will affect Good Article Nominations if approved. Full details of each proposal can be found here. Please comment on each proposal (or as many as you can) here.

At this time, Proposal 1, 3, and 5 have received full (or close to) support.

If you have questions of anything general (not related to one specif proposal), please leave a message under the General discussion thread.

Please note that Proposal 2 has been withdrawn and no further comments are needed. Also, please disregard Proposal 9 as it was never an actual proposal.

WikiCup 2013 March newsletter

We are halfway through round two. Pool A sees the strongest competition, with five out of eight of its competitors scoring over 100, and Pool H is lagging, with half of its competitors yet to score. WikiCup veterans lead overall; Pool A's Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) (2010's winner) leads overall, with poolmate London Miyagawa (submissions) (a finalist in 2011 and 2012) not far behind. Pool F's New South Wales Casliber (submissions) (a finalist in 2010, 2011 and 2012) is in third. The top two scorers in each pool, as well as the next highest 16 scorers overall, will progress to round three at the end of April.

Today has seen a number of Easter-themed did you knows from WikiCup participants, and March has seen collaboration from contestants with WikiWomen's History Month. It's great to see the WikiCup being used as a locus of collaboration; if you know of any collaborative efforts going on, or want to start anything up, please feel free to use the WikiCup talk page to help find interested editors. As well as fostering collaboration, we're also seeing the Cup encouraging the improvement of high-importance articles through the bonus point system. Highlights from the last month include GAs on physicist Niels Bohr (Australia Hawkeye7 (submissions)), on the European hare (Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions)), on the constellation Circinus (Alaska Keilana (submissions) and New South Wales Casliber (submissions)) and on the Third Epistle of John (Indiana Cerebellum (submissions)). All of these subjects were covered on at least 50 Wikipedias at the beginning of the year and, subsequently, each contribution was awarded at least three times as many points as normal.

Wikipedians who enjoy friendly competition may be interested in participating in April's wikification drive. While wikifying an article is typically not considered "significant work" such that it can be claimed for WikiCup points, such gnomish work is often invaluable in keeping articles in shape, and is typically very helpful for new writers who may not be familiar with formatting norms.

A quick reminder: now, submission pages will need only a link to the article and a link to the nomination page, or, in the case of good article reviews, a link to the review only. See your submissions' page for details. This will hopefully make updating submission pages a little less tedious. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. 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 (talkemail) and The ed17 (talkemail) J Milburn (talk) 22:43, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

Lists at FLC

If you have time or interest, feel free to take a look at my two lists at FLC: List of awards and nominations received by Fiona Apple and List of songs recorded by Pink Martini. Thanks so much! --Another Believer (Talk) 15:53, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

WikiCup 2013 April newsletter

We are a week into Round 3, but it is off to a flying start, with Republic of Rose Island Sven Manguard (submissions) claiming for the high-importance Portal:Sports and Portal:Geography (which are the first portals ever awarded bonus points in the WikiCup) and Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) claiming for a did you know of sea, the highest scoring individual did you know article ever submitted for the WikiCup. Round 2 saw very impressive scores at close; first place New South Wales Casliber (submissions) and second place Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) both scored over 1000 points; a feat not seen in Round 2 since 2010. This, in part, has been made possible by the change in the bonus points rules, but is also testament to the quality of the competition this year. Pool C and Pool G were most competitive, with three quarters of participants making it to Round 3, while Pool D was the least, with only the top two scorers making it through. The lowest qualifying score was 123, significantly higher than last year's 65, 2011's 41 or even 2010's 100.

The next issue of The Signpost is due to include a brief update on the current WikiCup, comparing it to previous years' competitions. This may be of interest to current WikiCup followers, and may help bring some more new faces into the community. We would also like to note that this round includes an extra competitor to the 32 advertised, who has been added to a random pool. This extra inclusion seems to have been the fairest way to deal with a small mistake made before the beginning of this round, but should not affect the competition in a large way. If you have any questions or concerns about this, please feel free to contact one of the judges.

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SUP DIEGO

how did your sister Natalie Grez did in this elections? Did she at least got it into SERVEL's list? We all at the GNAA missed you. 186.105.110.80 (talk) 19:05, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

I put your ITN nom in proper format, please feel free to modify as you like. μηδείς (talk) 22:13, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

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DYK for Daniel Ortúzar

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DYK for René Maturana

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DYK for José María Caro Martínez

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DYK for Cheer C.P.S.

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Any reason you can't access your old account? Unless you have lost access to the email address used to create that account or there was no email address associated with the account, you should be able to request a password reset. Pol430 talk to me 20:11, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

It's not possible for me to request a password reset, otherwise I would have done so, trust me. There is no e-mail associated with it and so I cannot do anything for the account. Lester Foster (talk | talk) 20:57, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
Considering it has been previously compromised, it's probably best to abandon that account anyway; it's unlikely it will ever be unblocked on wikinews. I've left a comment at RFPERM. Pol430 talk to me 09:41, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Basilio Sánchez

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Mario Bichón

Please return to the DYK nomination — you forgot to specify what nomination you reviewed. Nyttend (talk) 05:12, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

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El Mercurio

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Pisco Sour

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DYK for José Lino Vargas

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José María Caro Martínez

I've begun the GA review for José María Caro Martínez. This looks ripe for promotion, but I'd like your thoughts on a few points. Thanks for all your work on it! -- Khazar2 (talk) 03:20, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

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Once again, Khazar, thank you for taking the time to review the article, it is really appreciated :-) Regards, Lester Foster (talk | talk) 03:59, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
My pleasure. -- Khazar2 (talk) 04:36, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

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Precious

Pichilemu
Thank you for quality articles for project Chile on education, such as List of schools in the Cardenal Caro Province, and people such as the mayors of Pichilemu including Orlando Cornejo, stressing democracy on the Main page, and for Komm, gib mir deine Hand, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

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Hi, thanks for this! I did not expect it at all, I'm happy that there is people who actually take the time to read Pichilemu articles, thank you again! Regards, Lester Foster (talk | talk) 01:48, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Coat of arms of Pichilemu

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Pisco Sour

Hola Lester,
I hope all is well. User:Ian Rose asked me to send you a notice about the Pisco Sour FAC. Could you please provide an update in your analysis of the content?
Thanks again for the earlier thorough review you gave the work. I know this topic causes bubbles like soap on water, but I am on the same side as you on the topic of Pisco (the brandy) and often keep my eyes open to keep a NPOV status on that article.
Saludos.--MarshalN20 | Talk 17:29, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Hi there, I'll get to it ASAP, I've been offline for the last five days or so, I will try to review your comments tomorrow, sorry about this. Regards, Lester Foster (talk | talk) 01:49, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

FLC for Mayor of Pichilemu

Hi. I've finished my review of your FLC candidate and I'm very satisfied with the changes you've made. I've placed my comments in a resolved template and given the list my support. If you happen to get too bored, would you be willing to look at my FLC candidate, List of Sega 32X games? Thanks. Red Phoenix build the future...remember the past... 02:24, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Hi there, I will! :) Lester Foster (talk | talk) 05:21, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

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Your nom at WP:TFLS

Lester, the TFL submissions page holds a maximum of 10 lists at a time, per the instructions on the page. This is meant to prevent an excessive number of potential candidates that might clog up the process. Since the nomination you made was the 11th on the page, I have removed it for now. When one or more of the current noms gets promoted or rejected, feel free to renominate the list at TFLS. Giants2008 (Talk) 18:09, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

Oops, I did not see that, sorry about it! I will re-nominate when one of the nominations is gone, regards, Lester Foster (talk | talk) 02:00, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

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Please act in good faith and do not archive my comments every day

Listen, chico aka Master in the English language. You left me an instigating message that I respectfully copied below for your easy reference, yet you archived mine. Please stop acting in bad faith. Wikipedia has a million articles that need your free time, so get busy. Please do not come and threaten to delete my article of Aida, a notable person, and please do not revert 3 times my edits without ANY discussion. You are not a dictator here and your POV is not all that matters in Wikipedia. I will assume good faith and ask you not to bother me or try again to delete the article on Aida. I will also NEVER support any for your applications for admin. If you are already an admin, I request that you teach me how to file a complaint against you, which is your responsibility. Worldedixor (talk) 18:17, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

  • "Firstly, the guy used content taken from the Ukrainian Wikipedia, and as such, we need to comply with the terms of the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license (which this Wikipedia version also uses). Secondly, please stop restoring deleted content which makes no sense at all in English, you are overriding the WP:3RR. Thirdly, I suppose (per comment above: "preferably a fan of hers") you are a fan of this person; it does not make your point more valid if you are a fan of hers; as I said, the content you are restoring makes no sense in English language. Let alone if this gets to survive AFD. Regards, Küñall (talk) 14:09, 22 October 2013 (UTC)"

Your GA nomination of Coat of arms of Pichilemu

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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Colegio de la Preciosa Sangre de Pichilemu Students' Center you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of LT910001 -- LT910001 (talk) 04:22, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

  • Hi, LT910001. My two cents. This article is about nothing more than a student center in an obscure town, one of millions in every small town in every country all round the world. It is certainly not notable (not Harvard University, for example). Do we want every student center in small towns, for example Leiva, Colombia, to start a Wikipedia article and post pictures of its students in an encyclopedia? I already removed self-promoting pictures and unsourced content by this editor, Küñall, and nominated it for afd. Worldedixor (talk) 08:16, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

For your information

There is no such thing as a "3RR exemption: reverting unjustified removal of sourced content". [2] You might do as well to self-revert. Not least because I am beginning to wonder whether the naming and identifying by photographs of non-notable minors in the article is a violation of WP:BLP policy. AndyTheGrump (talk) 22:40, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

  • I value your input, AndyTheGrump, and as per WP:BLP, non-notability, and absence of "authorization to publish" pictures and names of minors, I removed the names and pictures on these non-notable minors or otherwise. Please feel free to re-insert them if you opine differently and should remain in Wikipedia. Worldedixor (talk) 03:50, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
You have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours for your disruption caused by edit warring and violation of the three-revert rule. During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. If you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} below this notice, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Mark Arsten (talk) 15:12, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

Our articles for deletion page is not meant to be a place to get attention; in your words, the "point of this nomination was to draw attention of users interested in the topic (and others) that could help improve the article in question." Since we are all volunteers, and AfD is not the place to debate how to improve articles, and there is a sizeable backlog at WP:AFD, your nomination was in fact quite disruptive to our process. If you want to improve an article, please list it at the talk page of the appropriate project, such as Wikipedia talk:Biographies of living persons. Bearian (talk) 18:36, 24 October 2013 (UTC)

The article Colegio de la Preciosa Sangre de Pichilemu Students' Center you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:Colegio de la Preciosa Sangre de Pichilemu Students' Center for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of LT910001 -- LT910001 (talk) 01:52, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

Roxana Miranda

Diego, first of all: the image that you insist to put in the article is of poor quality because it looks that it has been cropped and/or zoomed. That's not a professional image per se. Second: the image in the infobox is intended to be an image of the face of the person, more than a full or half-body shoot. In this case, i'm still prefering the first image over the photo that you uploaded. Third: you said about File:Roxana Miranda, foto promocional.jpg that "is official; focus on content". Please tell me in what cases an official photo (independent of their nature) is more suitable over an image that simply shows her face. And please clarify me what is "focus on content": political content, artistic content, social content, what? Anyway, the poor quality of the photo is the first thing i'm considering to remove it from the article, even more when there are lots of images (that you've uploaded to Commons) that are more suitable for the infobox. --Sfs90 (talk) 04:01, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

(respondo en español porque escribí en un principio en ese idioma) No conozco una guideline que diga que la imagen tenga que ser de tal o tal forma. Es cosa de basarse en otros artículos, como por ejemplo, el de Bill Gates, o el de Michelle Bachelet, para darse cuenta de que no necesariamente tiene que enfocar la cara solamente. La imagen que propones de Miranda no ayuda mucho a la comadre, sinceramente (y no es que necesariamente tenga que "ayudarla", sino que es, simplemente, una mala l foto). La imagen que he agregado es una versión recortada de esta otra. No veo otra imagen de igual o mejor calidad que esa para ser utilizada en el artículo, aunque esta ha sido utilizada en prensa; la recortaré, y añadiré al artículo. Cuando me refiero a "focus on content", me refiero a que el artículo requiere más contenido, que estar discutiendo por cosas mínimas, como la imagen del infobox. Saludos. Küñall (talk) 21:07, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
My response is in English because this is the English Wikipedia, not the Spanish one The latest image that you added to the article looks more reasonable. I'll keep that one, and the "focus on content" is given by anyone of the users who contribute here. If you think that a discussion of an image in an article is a "minimal thing", you must reconsider what Wikipedia is: not only the text, it's everything, including the design of any article. Any discussion that contributes to build better articles must be welcomed. And another thing: please do your responses in my talk page; i'm too busy with other things, and i haven't all the time to read your discussion or any other who put their responses in their own talk pages. --Sfs90 (talk) 21:57, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
I prefer to keep discussions in a single place (even though my first post was on your talk page, this is common here on en.wiki). I meant that images, in general, ain't no controversial thing for an article. Regards, Küñall (talk) 22:03, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
I think the discussion about the image is over. Nevertheless, an image is an important thing of an article, and the quality of that generally is a topic of discussion. And finally, I suggest you to take a look at WP:SPEAKENGLISH. --Sfs90 (talk) 13:39, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

Conflict of interest, self-promotion, and abuse of Wikipedia for personal gratification.

Ok, here's the deal. Revert your recent edits to Colegio de la Preciosa Sangre de Pichilemu, delete the ridiculous categories you have created, [3][4] and stop using Wikipedia as a means to promote your entirely-non-notable self, or I will report you for abuse of Wikipedia for personal gratification. And no, there is probably no such policy, but I can think of half-a-dozen good reasons why your repeated attempts to promote yourself on Wikipedia is liable to be seen as detrimental to the project - the only real question in my mind is whether this is likely to result in a topic ban, or an indefinite block. I will give you 48 hours to respond, and then take this up at the appropriate place. AndyTheGrump (talk) 00:43, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

Hi there Andy. I'm not reverting the edits, I'd rather prefer discuss it on the article's talk page. My desire is not to promote myself, in fact, I have not done it with that purpose, I am not even trying to create an article on myself, that'd be sure ridiculous. It's just that students' centers' presidents are somewhat relevant to the article, I thought a list of former presidents (all of them are over 18 now) would be in order to make the article more complete. And in fact, there's nothing else I think it misses. Regarding the categories, they are absolutely not ridiculous, as other schools who have a series of articles do categorize their content that way. Discussion is the way, Andy, if you wish, you could check I have worked on some other good content. As I said, I am not doing it in a way to self-promote myself, and if I have made it look like that, I'm sorry, but I mantain my position that former presidents and the little collage are relevant to the article. Kind regards, Küñall (talk) 02:29, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
There is nothing remotely notable about a 'president' who represents 500 or so school students - it was already made abundantly clear at the recent AfD discussion that the 'student center' didn't in any way whatsoever meet our notability guidelines. As for your claim not to be promoting yourself, the misleading image caption you added with your photo ("former Preciosa Sangre authorities") suggests otherwise. Either remove your self-promotion, or expect to be held accountable for it. AndyTheGrump (talk) 02:47, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
Andy, the students' center may not be worthy of its own article, granted. But it's definitely worth noting in the school's article; the school is the largest in the province, so even though it has 500 and something students, it's noteworthy. I will be changing the photograph to portray only one of these former or current authorities, I don't intend to promote myself, in fact, I have not had contact with anyone of the school for more than a year. My intention, as I said, is not to selfpromote nor anything, and I apologize for any inconvenience, it has not been my purpose. Regards, Küñall (talk) 18:29, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
Your actions demonstrate the contrary. If you weren't trying to promote yourself, you wouldn't keep inserting your name into articles. AndyTheGrump (talk) 19:59, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
The names are significant to the article... if they weren't I would not have added them at first. Küñall (talk) 20:02, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
Utter nonsense. AndyTheGrump (talk) 20:04, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
Stop this nonsense. You have great systemic bias. I'll let it go. I'm not restoring the content, after all, it doesn't make a great difference. But: students' centers are notable in Chile and for their schools. If they aren't where you reside, it's not my problem. Regards, and I'm not responding any further this topic. Küñall (talk) 20:21, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
If I see you insert your name once more into any Wikipedia article, I will report the matter at WP:ANI, and ask that you be topic-banned and/or blocked. AndyTheGrump (talk) 20:23, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Rebeca Cofré

Hello! Your submission of Rebeca Cofré at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 23:02, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

I'm also confused as to what name she goes by. You've titled the page Rebeca Cofré, but written Rebeca Cofré Calderón in the hook. Yoninah (talk) 23:02, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
Please see new note on DYK nomination page. Yoninah (talk) 15:02, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
Final notification: no edits have been made to the article since your response on December 17. Action is needed; the usual period for work to be completed is one week, and it has already been ten days. Thank you very much. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:04, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on File:Jang Sung-thaek.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a non-free file with a clearly invalid licensing tag; or it otherwise fails some part of the non-free content criteria. If you can find a valid tag that expresses why the file can be used under the fair use guidelines, please replace the current tag with that tag. If no such tag exists, please add the {{Non-free fair use}} tag, along with a brief explanation of why this constitutes fair use of the file. If the file has been deleted, you can re-upload it, but please ensure you place the correct tag on it.

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File:Jang Sung-thaek.jpg listed for deletion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Jang Sung-thaek.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. — This, that and the other (talk) 05:31, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

A cupcake for you!

Thank you for fixing the image of Gonzalo Inzunza Inzunza to an appropriate size! Happy holidays! ComputerJA () 07:15, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
Glad to have been of help, thanks, and happy holidays for you too! Küñall (talk) 19:28, 21 December 2013 (UTC)