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WikiCup 2013 October newsletter

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The WikiCup is over for another year! Our champion, for the second year running, is Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions). Our final nine were as follows:

  1. Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions)
  2. Australia Hawkeye7 (submissions)
  3. Canada Sasata (submissions)
  4. Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions)
  5. New South Wales Casliber (submissions)
  6. Scotland Adam Cuerden (submissions)
  7. London Miyagawa (submissions)
  8. Poland Piotrus (submissions)
  9. Wyoming Ealdgyth (submissions)

All those who reached the final win prizes, and prizes will also be going to the following participants:

  • New South Wales Casliber (submissions) wins the FA prize, for four featured articles in round 4, worth 400 points.
  • Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) wins the GA prize, for 20 good articles in round 3, worth 600 points.
  • Portland, Oregon Another Believer (submissions) wins the FL prize, for four featured lists in round 2, worth 180 points.
  • Scotland Adam Cuerden (submissions) wins the FP prize, for 23 featured pictures in round 5, worth 805 point.
  • Republic of Rose Island Sven Manguard (submissions) wins the FPo prize, for 2 featured portals in round 3, worth 70 points.
  • Australia Hawkeye7 (submissions) wins the topic prize, for a 23-article featured topic in round 5, worth 230 points.
  • Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 79 did you know articles in round 5, worth 570 points.
  • Ohio ThaddeusB (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 23 in the news articles in round 4, worth 270 points.
  • United States Ed! (submissions) wins the GAR prize, for 24 good article reviews in round 1, worth 96 points.
  • The judges are awarding the Oddball Barnstar to British Empire The C of E (submissions), for some curious contributions in earlier rounds.
  • Finally, the judges are awarding Wales Cwmhiraeth (submissions) the Geography Barnstar for her work on sea, now a featured article. This top-importance article was the highest-scoring this year; when it was promoted to FA status, Cwmhiraeth could claim 720 points.

Prizes will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!

Congratulations to everyone who has been successful in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and a particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition. While it has been an excellent year, errors have opened up the judges' eyes to the need for a third judge, and it is with pleasure that we announce that experienced WikiCup participant Miyagawa will be acting as a judge from now on. We hope you will all join us in welcoming him to the team.

Next year's competition begins on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; it is open to all Wikipedians, new and old. Brainstorming and discussion remains open for how next year's competition will work, and straw polls will be opened by the judges soon. Those interested in friendly competition may also like to keep an eye on the stub contest, being organised by Casliber. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2014 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) 01:00, 1 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

October 2013 wikification drive awards!

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The Bronze Wikification Barnstar
This is to acknowledge and thank you, Wilhelmina Will, for your participation in wikifying a total of 55 articles in October 2013 WikiProject Wikify Drive. We at WikiProject Wikify appreciate your efforts in further helping the project! Thank you and keep up the good work! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:28, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar
Wilhelmina Will, you are hereby awarded the Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar for completing the second most amount of articles during the October 2013 WikiProject Wikify Drive, placing you in second place on the leaderboard. Congratulations! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:28, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you & happy editing! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:28, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, very much! :) If I said "I'm miffed!", would you come running or go? (talk) 16:00, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 30 October 2013

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  • Traffic report: 200 miles in 200 years
    The top 10 encapsulates the history of human aviation; at #1, a Google Doodle celebrating the 216th anniversary of the first parachute jump; at #10, the enduringly popular scifi film Gravity, a paean to human spaceflight. It's odd to think it's taken us 200 years to travel about that many miles up.
  • In the media: Rand Paul plagiarizes Wikipedia?
    While giving a speech on behalf of a gubernatorial candidate, Paul advocated his pro-life position, and compared allowing unrestricted abortions to the film Gattaca. He went on to use strikingly similar language and phraseology in his speech to what the Wikipedia page reads. The Washington Post's article conceded that Wikipedia is a widely used source for trivial information, but mocked the fact that a politician would view it as a reliable source.
  • News and notes: Sex and drug tourism—Wikivoyage's soft underbelly?
    In January we raised several potentially troublesome issues for the Wikimedia movement in taking on Wikivoyage, including the apparent inadequacy of the English Wikivoyage sex-tourism policy, hurriedly strengthened against mention of child sex after our inquiries. However, both sex-tourism and illegal-activities policies remain equivocal about how the site should treat entries about sex tourism more generally, and drugs that are classed as illicit in almost every country. Yet the Signpost has found it remarkably easy to locate material in Wikivoyage that violates both the spirit and the letter of the policies.
  • Featured content: Wrestling with featured content
    This year's WikiCup competition has finished, while three articles, five lists, and six pictures, were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia last week.
  • Recent research: User influence on site policies: Wikipedia vs. Facebook vs. Youtube
    Laura Stein, a researcher at the University of Texas at Austin, has concluded that, based on her comparison of user policy documents (including the Terms of Service) of YouTube, Facebook and Wikipedia, Wikipedia offers the highest level of participation power overall.
  • WikiProject report: Special: Lessons from the dead and dying
    With Halloween, the Day of the Dead, and other gloomy celebrations this week, we're taking a look at Wikipedia's dead and dying. For some dead WikiProjects, the sole purpose of their life was simply to serve as a warning to others. Some of these projects may still be salvageable, but for most, a revival is unlikely. Here are some projects that never got off the ground and the lessons that can be gleaned from their follies

Proposed deletion of Eilema flavibasis

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very short and may not meet WP:NOTABILITY

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The Signpost: 06 November 2013

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  • News and notes: Alleged "outing" of editor's personal information leads to Wikipedia ban
    As part of the second major "outing" controversy to hit the English Wikipedia in less than a year, the Chelsea/Bradley Manning naming dispute was dragged into the spotlight yet again when the English Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee ruled by motion to remove the administrator tools from and ban long-time Wikipedia contributor Phil Sandifer.
  • Traffic report: Danse Macabre
    It's fair to say that commemorating death was a strong theme this week, with Lou Reed's passing generating interest, as well as a Google Doodle celebrating the costume designer Edith Head. And of course, the world's greatest celebrations of the dead, Halloween and the Day of the Dead, were also popular this week.
  • Featured content: Five years of work leads to 63-article featured topic
    HMS Hood, one of the most famous warships of the Second World War, was a battlecruiser and therefore part of what is now the largest featured topic on Wikipedia: "Battlecruisers of the world". The topic was promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia last week alongside eleven articles, three lists, four pictures, and two other topics.
  • WikiProject report: WikiProject Accessibility
    This week, we spent some time with WikiProject Accessibility, a project that strives to make Wikipedia accessible for users with disabilities. The project improves Wikipedia's guidelines and Manual of Style, collects useful templates and scripts, and provides support to impaired Wikipedians.
  • Arbitration report: Ebionites 3 case closed
    The Ebionites 3 case has closed with an interaction ban for the two editors involved in the dispute.

WikiCup award

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In recognition of your participation in the 2013 Wikipedia:WikiCup. J Milburn (talk · contribs) and The ed17 (talk · contribs) 15:29, 10 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! :) If I said "I'm miffed!", would you come running or go? (talk) 17:09, 10 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ways to improve Elysius chimaera

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Hi, I'm Kudpung. Wilhelmina Will, thanks for creating Elysius chimaera!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. This article has no references.

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 00:58, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ways to improve Elysius carbonarius

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Hi, I'm Kudpung. Wilhelmina Will, thanks for creating Elysius carbonarius!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. This article has no references

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 00:59, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ways to improve Elysius bicolor

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Hi, I'm Kudpung. Wilhelmina Will, thanks for creating Elysius bicolor!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Please add sources.

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:11, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ways to improve Elysius atrata

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Hi, I'm Kudpung. Wilhelmina Will, thanks for creating Elysius atrata!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Please add sources

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:13, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ways to improve Elysius atrobrunnea

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Hi, I'm Kudpung. Wilhelmina Will, thanks for creating Elysius atrobrunnea!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Please add sources

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:14, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Unsourced creations

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Please do not continue to create stubs until those you have created are correctly referenced. As an Ambassador, you should be aware of the need for correct sourcing. Thanks. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:18, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please address these points, otherwise your Autopatrolled flag may come under review. Thanks. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:24, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

My colleague usually takes care of the referencing. Please leave me alone. If I said "I'm miffed!", would you come running or go? (talk) 01:39, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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The Signpost: 13 November 2013

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  • Traffic report: Google Doodlebugs bust the block
    The numbers this week are beyond anything that has been seen since this report began. The top view count beats the average by an order of magnitude. Usually the appearance of numbers this big on the list is due to spamming, but in this case it seems they are due to honest interest; more specifically, Google Doodles, which for the first time claimed all five top slots. This column has raised numerous times the power of a Google Doodle to shine light on Wikipedia, but the wattage has never been as high as this.
  • Special report: FDC staff raise the benchmarks for activities, impact, planning, and governance
    The supporting staff of the Wikimedia Foundation’s powerful volunteer Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) have released their assessments for the third half-yearly round of funding applications. The applications for the newly named annual plan grants were submitted by affiliated entities on 1 October, and comprise a total of more than US$5M in bids.
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I have decided to put on a mini-contest within the November 2013 monthly disambiguation contest, on Saturday, November 23 (UTC). I will personally give a $20 Amazon.com gift card to the disambiguator who fixes the most links on that server-day (see the project page for details on scoring points). Since we are not geared up to do an automated count for that day, at 00:00, 23 November 2013 (UTC) (which is 7:00 PM on November 22, EST), I'll take a screenshot of the project page leaderboard. I will presume that anyone who is not already listed on the leaderboard has precisely nine edits. At 01:00, 24 November 2013 (UTC) (8:00 PM on November 23, EST), I'll take a screenshot of the leaderboard at that time (the extra hour is to give the board time to update), and I will determine from that who our winner is. I will credit links fixed by turning a WP:DABCONCEPT page into an article, but you'll have to let me know me that you did so. Here's to a fun contest. Note that according to the Daily Disambig, we currently have under 256,000 disambiguation links to be fixed. If everyone in the disambiguation link fixers category were to fix 500 links, we would have them all done - so aim high! Cheers! bd2412 T 02:20, 18 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 20 November 2013

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  • From the editor: The Signpost needs your help
    As I said in August, contributing to the Signpost can be one of the most rewarding things an editor can do. The genre is refreshingly different from that of Wikipedia articles, and can allow writers to use a different range of skills. The need for an independent, volunteer-run Signpost continues to grow, given the increasing complexity and financial expenditures of the global Wikimedia movement, not to mention the English Wikipedia.
  • Book review: Peter Burke's Social History of Knowledge—ambitious, fascinating, and exhaustive
    Peter Burke's A Social History of Knowledge: Volume II: From the Encyclopédie to Wikipedia is a broad and wide-ranging look at how knowledge has been created, acquired, organized, disseminated, and sometimes lost in the Western world over the last two and a half centuries, a sequel to his 2000 book covering the prior three centuries, A Social History of Knowledge: From Gutenberg to Diderot.
  • Featured content: Rockin' the featured pictures
    Four articles, five lists, and thirty-four pictures were promoted to 'featured status' this week, including an image of a small fraction of the 18,000 taxis that serve Hong Kong.
  • WikiProject report: Score! American football on Wikipedia
    This week, we headed over to WikiProject National Football League. With 10 Featured Articles, 61 Featured Lists, and 142 Good Articles (as of publication), this WikiProject has done a lot of work improving American football articles.
  • News and notes: Foundation to Wiki-PR: cease and desist; Arbitration Committee elections starting
    The Wikimedia Foundation has sent a formal cease and desist letter to Wiki-PR—the public relations agency accused of breaking Wikipedia policies and guidelines by creating, editing, and maintaining several thousand articles for paying clients through a sophisticated array of accounts. The Foundation's attorneys, Cooley LLP, have demanded that Wiki-PR's employees abide by the site's Terms of Use and the language of a community ban from the English Wikipedia.
  • Traffic report: Ill Winds
    It's not hard to guess which event is leading interest in the top 25 this week. The sheer scale of Typhoon Haiyan is staggering; estimates place its maximum windspeed upon first landfall in the Philippines on November 6 at 315 km/h, which would make it the most powerful tropical cyclone ever to reach land. To date, the storm has killed nearly 4000 people and damaged or destroyed nearly 4 million homes.
  • Arbitration report: WMF opens the door for non-admin arbitrators
    Back in March, when the March 25 Arbitration Report covered the Audit Subcommittee appointment discussion, a statement from the WMF legal division clarified its position that access to deleted revisions required an RFA or RFA-identical process; therefore AUSC committee appointments were not open to non-admins. The WMF legal team has now further clarified its position, saying that running for and winning an election for arbitrator would qualify as the type of rigorous community selection process required for the checkuser and oversight rights held by arbitrators.

GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive

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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.

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WikiProject Wikify: November Newsletter and December Drive

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GAN December 2013 Backlog Drive

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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) 00:07, 3 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

AFC Backlog Drive

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WikiProject Articles for creation Backlog Elimination Drive

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Hello, Wilhelmina Will:

WikiProject AFC is holding a two month long Backlog Elimination Drive!
The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running from December 1st, 2013 – January 31st, 2014.

Awards will be given out for all reviewers participating in the drive in the form of barnstars at the end of the drive.
There is a backlog of over 4800 articles, so start reviewing articles! Visit the drive's page and help out!

A new version of our AfC helper script has been released! It includes many bug fixes, new improvements and features, code enhancements, and more. If you want to see a full list of changes, visit the changelog. Please report bugs and feature requests there, too! Thanks. EdwardsBot (talk) 09:17, 3 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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November 2013 GOCE drive wrap-up

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Guild of Copy Editors November 2013 backlog elimination drive wrap-up newsletter
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The Signpost: 04 December 2013

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  • Traffic report: Kennedy shot Who
    Summary:Doctor Who nearly got cancelled in its first week because its premiere was swamped by coverage of the JFK assassination, which happened the same day. Thankfully, producers saw fit to rerun it the next day, which is now its official anniversary date.
  • News and notes: One decade of Wikisource; FDC recommendations raise serious questions
    The sister project Wikisource, the digital library that hosts free-content primary sources, is now a decade old. Wikisource, which now has versions in 63 languages, is the sixth type of project to reach ten-year milestone and will be the last until 2016. The Wikimedia Foundation's volunteer Funds Dissemination Committee has published its recommendations to the Board of Trustees on 11 new applications for annual grants by 11 WMF-affiliated organisations. The maximum total budget for the current and upcoming March rounds is US$6M.
  • WikiProject report: Electronic Apple Pie
    This week, we returned to WikiProject Apple Inc. for a peek at their newest articles about the latest in gadgets and software. The last time we took a bite out of WikiProject Apple, they had just finished merging WikiProject Macintosh and WikiProject iPhone OS. Today, the project is hard at work rewriting their primary article, improving the subject's outline, and adding to the project's list of 25 Good Articles and 6 Featured Articles.
  • Featured content: F*&!
    Seventeen articles, four lists, and twenty-eight pictures were promoted to "featured" status in the last two weeks.

The Wikipedia Library Survey

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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 15:47, 9 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Green tickY Done! :) The carton was never meant to hold anything, anyway. (talk) 03:34, 10 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 11 December 2013

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  • Traffic report: Deaths of Mandela, Walker top the list
    When one edits this page for too long, one is tempted to appoint oneself as the psychoanalyst for the human race, or at least the English-speaking portion thereof. Since nearly everyone uses Wikipedia, the constant stream of TV updates, pointless celebrity scandals, and inquiries after who has died can seem like a dreary peek into humanity's surprisingly banal collective consciousness.
  • In the media: Edward Snowden a "hero"; German Wikipedia court ruling
    Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales caught headlines last week when he referred to former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden ... Loek Essers of the International Data Group, (IDG) News Service is reporting that a German court has held Wikipedia liable for its content, but still does not have to fact check the information in advance.
  • News and notes: Wiki Loves Monuments—winners announced
    Amid great anticipation the international prize winners have just been announced for the fourth annual Wiki Loves Monuments, now the world's largest photographic competition and one of the biggest events on the Wikimedia movement's calendar. ... The first prize has gone to David Gubler's photograph of a Swiss train crossing a viaduct.
  • WikiProject report: WikiProject Wine
    This week, the Signpost interviewed the Wine WikiProject.
  • Interview: Wikipedia's first Featured Article centurion
    On 7 December, Wikipedia editor Wehwalt reached the momentous milestone of 100 featured articles with History of Chincoteague, Virginia. Quite apart from the reading and research, that's around three-quarters of a million words of finalised text, not counting footnotes, image captions and the rest.
  • Featured content: Viewer discretion advised
    Three articles, one list, and eight pictures were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia last week.
  • Technology report: MediaWiki 1.22 released
    On 6 December, the latest version of the MediaWiki software was released. In development from March 2013 through October 2013, the release featured anti-spam and counter-vandalism improvements.

Slow down!

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Hello Wilhelmina, could you please slow down a little? I cant keep up with this many new articles I need to expand. Another user is now also creating one sentence stubs on moths. If you like to continue making articles on moths, please add synonyms and distribution to make life somewhat easier for me... Ruigeroeland (talk) 11:05, 13 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, sorry Ruigeroeland! I guess I kind of got lost in it there. The thrill of a year's end approaching can do that to you, after all... Well, I'll wait until you're able to get the articles I've made done, and then I'll maybe stick to around thirty per day, if that'd do? The carton was never meant to hold anything, anyway. (talk) 04:37, 14 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Wilhelmina, thanks for the break! I've managed to clear all the articles on my to-do list. Yeah, thirty a day seems do-able. If you see me getting behind, could you please switch to the fish articles until I catch up? That would be awesome. great work on the Arctidae by the way! Seems this will be the first big Lep family with full coverage if you continue like this..! Ruigeroeland (talk) 15:07, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Ah well, that's the aim after all! :) Cheers! :) The carton was never meant to hold anything, anyway. (talk) 18:24, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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December 2013

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Yikes! I'd never have noticed that, otherwise. Thank you, little BracketBot! Consider yourself patted on the head. :) The carton was never meant to hold anything, anyway. (talk) 10:01, 14 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

WP: GOCE December blitz barnstar

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The Cleanup Barnstar
Thanks for participating in the Guild of Copy Editors December 2013 blitz! Please accept this in recognition of your work copy editing more than 6000 words. You've contributed another fine effort, and we'll see you again in January! —Torchiest talkedits 00:30, 15 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, very much! :) The carton was never meant to hold anything, anyway. (talk) 00:31, 15 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 18 December 2013

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  • Traffic report: Hopper to the top
    An animated Google Doodle for computer programmer and naval rear admiral Grace Hopper generated another record-breaking hit count for the year, though the count for the list overall was lower than for that of the previous holder.
  • News and notes: Nine new arbitrators announced
    A little more than six days after the close of voting, the results of the annual Arbitration Committee (ArbCom) elections have been announced. Of the 22 candidates, 13 managed to gain more supports than opposes, though only one gained the support of more than half of the voters. Eight were elected to two-year terms, and a ninth will serve for one year.
  • Technology report: Introducing the GLAMWikiToolset
    This week, the GLAMWikiToolset, or GWToolset, is being deployed to the Wikimedia Commons. It allows for GLAM organizations to batch upload content based on various metadata stored in an XML schema. In the past this has been done by various bots, but now it will be easier for GLAMs to do it directly.

File:Guerilla-war0000.PNG listed for deletion

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A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Guerilla-war0000.PNG, 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. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:42, 19 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas

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Holiday Cheer
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GOCE December 2013 Blitz wrap-up and January Drive invitation

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December Notes from the Guild of Copy Editors

The December blitz ran from December 8–14. The theme for this blitz was articles tied in some way to religion. Seven editors knocked out 20 articles over the course of the week. Our next blitz will be in February, with a theme to be determined. Feel free to make theme suggestions at the Guild talk page!

The January 2014 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on January 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on January 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit all articles tagged in October and November 2012 and complete all requests placed before the end of 2013. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top five in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in October and November 2012", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there!

Coordinator election: Voting is open for candidates to serve as GOCE coordinators from 1 January through 30 June 2014. Voting will run until the end of December. For complete information, please have a look at the election page.

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Merry Christmas!

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Yo Ho Ho

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The Signpost: 25 December 2013

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    We saved one last special report for 2013. After our well-received review of great WikiProject logos a couple years ago, it was only a matter of time before we collected a new batch of interesting iconography that showcases the creativity of the Wikipedia community. Hopefully, these logos will also inspire other projects to liven up their drab pages.
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    Last month, the OAuth extension was deployed to all Wikimedia wikis. OAuth is a standard used for allowing users to authenticate third-party applications, also known as consumers, to take actions on their behalf.
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Welcome to the 2014 WikiCup!

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Hello Wilhelmina Will, and welcome to the 2014 WikiCup! Your submission page can be found here. The competition will begin at midnight tonight (UTC). There have been a few small changes from last year; the rules can be read in full at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring, and the page also includes a summary of changes. One important rule to remember is that only content on which you have completed significant work, and nominated, in 2014 is eligible for points in the competition- the judges will be checking! As ever, this year's competition includes some younger editors. If you are a younger editor, you are certainly welcome, but we have written an advice page at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Advice for younger editors for you. Please do take a look. Any questions should be directed to one of the judges, or left on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will make it to round 2. Good luck! J Milburn (talk · contribs), The ed17 (talk · contribs) and Miyagawa (talk · contribs) 17:33, 31 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]


Happy New Year, Wilhelmina Will

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December 2013 + 2013 wikification awards

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The Iron Wikification Barnstar
For wikifying a total of 11 articles, you are awarded The Iron Wikification Barnstar. Thank you, Wilhelmina Will! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:52, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The Working Wikifier's Barnstar
For scoring #8 on the leaderboard during the December 2013 wikification backlog drive, Wilhelmina Will, you are hereby awarded the Greater Working Wikifier's Barnstar. Congratulations! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:52, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Most Excellent Wikification Award
The Most Excellent Wikification Award is awarded to Wilhelmina Will for participating in every drive held in 2013. Thank you for your efforts and continued participation! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:52, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Most Excellent Wikification Award
The Most Excellent Wikification Award is hereby granted to Wilhelmina Will, for appearing on the leaderboard in every Wikiproject Wikify Backlog Elimination drive in 2013, tied with pjoef. Congratulations! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:52, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Once again, thank you so much … wishing you a very happy 2014!!! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:52, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You're very welcome! Happy New Year to you, too! :) Is it the end already? It felt like we were just getting started! (talk) 21:44, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 01 January 2014

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  • Traffic report: A year stuck in traffic
    In fact, the majority are relatively evenly split between three themes: people of interest, television, and websites.
  • Arbitration report: Examining the Committee's year
    In 2013, the arbitration committee closed 10 cases, 9 amendment requests, and 26 clarification requests.
  • In the media: Does Wikipedia need a medical disclaimer?
    On New Year's Day, an article by Tim Sampson published in The Daily Dot and republished shortly after on Mashable covered the currently ongoing medical disclaimer RfC.
  • News and notes: The year in review
    This was the year in which one journalist described the flagship site, Wikipedia, as "wickedly seductive". It was the year Wikipedia's replacement value was estimated at $6.6bn, its market value at "tens of billions of dollars", and its consumer benefit "hundreds of billions of dollars". But it was also the year in which one commentator forecast the decline of Wikipedia—that the project is in trouble from its shrinking volunteer workforce, skewed coverage, "crushing bureaucracy" and 90 percent male community.
  • WikiProject report: Where Are They Now? Fifth Edition
    The year 2013 has come and gone, adding 50 new WikiProject Reports to our long list of projects we've had the privilege to meet. Last year saw the continuation of our Babel series, featuring WikiProjects from other languages of Wikipedia. We also expanded our selection of special reports, offering readers a growing collection of helpful tips and tools as they participate in WikiProjects.
  • Featured content: 2013—the trends
    Over the past year 1181 pieces of featured content were promoted. The most active of the featured content programs was featured picture candidates (FPC), which promoted an average of 46 pictures a month. This was followed by featured article candidates (FAC; 32.5 a month). Coming in third was featured list candidates (FLC; 18 a month).
  • Technology report: Looking back on 2013
    2013 saw a lot of changes to MediaWiki software and Wikimedia infrastructure.

GOCE 2013 Annual Report

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Guild of Copy Editors 2013 Annual Report

The GOCE has wrapped up another successful year of operations!

Our 2013 Annual Report is now ready for review.

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I have unreviewed a page you curated

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Hi, I'm Renatorbrasil. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Hyalomis espia, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you. Renatorbrasil (talk) 06:55, 9 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The Signpost: 08 January 2014

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    Public Domain Day—January 1, 2014—gives me an opportunity to reflect on this important asset, mandated by the Constitution of the United States.
  • Traffic report: Tragedy and television
    The various maladies that befall humanity got some well-known faces this week: the death of the well-liked actor James Avery topped the list, but Michael Schumacher, who is in a coma after a skiing accident, also drew attention.
  • News and notes: WMF employee forced out over "paid advocacy editing"
    On 8 January, the Wikimedia Foundation notified the Wikimedia-l mailing list that Sarah Stierch, a popular Wikimedian and the Foundation's Program Evaluation Community Coordinator, was no longer an employee of the Wikimedia Foundation, as a result of being paid to create articles on the English Wikipedia.

GA review of Stapes

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Hi Wilhelmina Will, thanks for taking up the review of Stapes, and thanks for holding off while I made those few changes. I hope we can work constructively to get it to GA status. I was wondering what the status of the review is? Kind regards, --LT910001 (talk) 04:25, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Rubik's Cube

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A Rubik's Cube

It looks like you are bored! Hopefully this Rubik's Cube will provide a bit of entertainment to solve that problem.

I just couldn't help but notice an entire string of edits in Huggle just now, and figured you could use some distraction (If only for a few seconds) Excirial (Contact me,Contribs) 21:58, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Lol, thanks! :) Is it the end already? It felt like we were just getting started! (talk) 03:57, 17 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Got to admit, seeing this just made me laugh. Why stick to one cube, if you can build an entire fortress of recursive cubes :). Excirial (Contact me,Contribs) 23:08, 4 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
What can I say? It's the kid in me - boy was he delicious... Ahem, but yes, that Rubick's cube has provided a lot of entertainment! Thanks again! :D Okay folks, say it with me: 1 for the money, 2 for the - the - okay, just let me read the script again first... (talk) 23:18, 4 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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The Signpost: 15 January 2014

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  • Technology report: Architecture Summit schedule published
    The proposed schedule for the MediaWiki Archicture Summit has been published. The two main plenary sessions will be about HTML templating, and Service-oriented architecture.
  • Op-ed: Licensed for reuse? Citing open-access sources in Wikipedia articles
    It is heavily ironic that two decades after the World Wide Web was started — largely to make it easier to share scholarly research — most of our past and present research publications are still hidden behind paywalls for private profit. The bitter twist is that the vast majority of this research is publicly funded, to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars worldwide each year.
  • Traffic report: The Hours are Ours
    We now can get a far more accurate picture of which short surges in popularity are likely natural and which are not.
  • WikiProject report: WikiProject Sociology
    This week, we studied human social behavior with the folks at WikiProject Sociology.

Hurricane Erick

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Hey! I was just dropping this note on your talk page to remind you that you initiated the GA nomination for my submitted article on December 31, quite a while ago. I'd appreciate it if you could get that taken care of. Thanks! TropicalAnalystwx13 (talk) 23:59, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ah yes, I'd almost forgotten about all those GAs I'd set to do. Well, I have a few things to take care of first, but hopefully I can get yours and the others done tonight. :) Is it the end already? It felt like we were just getting started! (talk) 04:44, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

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Hi
Appreciate your taking time out to say thanks.
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You're welcome! :) Is it the end already? It felt like we were just getting started! (talk) 17:27, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Good Articles December 2013 Backlog Drive

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Hi everyone, I've noticed that a few of you haven't updated your totals as several reviews have passed but on the backlog page, it still says that the article is under review or on hold.

Please update your totals and continue to do so until February 1. If the status of a review is under review or on hold according to the backlog page, even though the article may have passed/failed, it will not count towards your final total.

For those that made pledges during the drive, the final donation amount will be determined sometime in February.

Thank-you.Sent by Dom497 using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:17, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not to worry, my totals have all been updated accordingly! :) Is it the end already? It felt like we were just getting started! (talk) 21:53, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Stapes

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 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:12, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 22 January 2014

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  • News and notes: Modification of WMF protection brought to Arbcom
    The Wikimedia Foundation's Director of Community Advocacy's application of pending changes level two on the article Conventional PCI—an action taken under its rarely used office actions policy—has escalated to the Arbitration Committee after an editor upgraded it to full protection.
  • Featured content: Dr. Watson, I presume
    Fifteen articles, nine lists, twenty pictures, and one topic were promoted to "featured" status on the English Wikipedia over the last two weeks.
  • Special report: The few who write Wikipedia
    On 15 January, Wikipedia turned thirteen years old. In that time, this site has grown from a small site that was known to only a select few to one of the most popular websites on the internet. At the same time, recent data suggests that there is a power curve among users, where the comparative few who are writing most of Wikipedia have most of the edits. The result of this is that there is going to be bias in what is created, and how we deal with it as Wikipedians is indicative of the future of the site. Furthermore, this brings up what we have to do in order to combat this bias, as there are many ideas, but the question is whether they will work or not.
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Augustus Fendler

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Hello, you have never expanded this page.Hoops gza (talk) 17:17, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, did you want me to do it around now? Is it the end already? It felt like we were just getting started! (talk) 18:13, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/ChannelAdvisor

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Is there a reason that you reviewed Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/ChannelAdvisor manually instead of using the script? When you did so, you didn't do so completely, so the decline template was missing fields. Jackmcbarn (talk) 19:29, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The manual way makes more sense to me than the script does. How can I do it better in future? Is it the end already? It felt like we were just getting started! (talk) 22:16, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Set the decliner and declinets parameters. Jackmcbarn (talk) 22:32, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Okey-doke! :) Is it the end already? It felt like we were just getting started! (talk) 22:43, 28 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2014 January newsletter

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The 2014 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with, at time of writing, 138 participants. The is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2010. If you are yet to join the competition, don't worry- the judges have agreed to keep the signups open for a few more days. By a wide margin, our current leader is newcomer Smithsonian Institution Godot13 (submissions), whose set of 14 featured pictures, the first FPs of the competition, was worth 490 points. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

Featured articles, featured lists, featured topics and featured portals are yet to play a part in the competition. The judges have removed a number of submissions which were deemed ineligible. Typically, we aim to see work on a project, followed by a nomination, followed by promotion, this year. We apologise for any disappointment caused by our strict enforcement this year; we're aiming to keep the competition as fair as possible.

Wikipedians interested in friendly competition may be interested to take part in The Core Contest; unlike the WikiCup, The Core Contest is not about audited content, but, like the WikiCup, it is about article improvement; specifically, The Core Contest is about contribution to some of Wikipedia's most important article. Of course, any work done for The Core Contest, if it leads to a DYK, GA or FA, can earn WikiCup points.

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. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 19:54, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 29 January 2014

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  • Traffic report: Six strikes out
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  • News and notes: Wiki-PR defends itself, condemns Wikipedia's actions
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GOCE January 2014 copy edit drive barnstar

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The Minor Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded for your work during the WP:GOCE January 2014 Backlog elimination drive. Thank you for participating! Diannaa (talk) 23:57, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, very much! :) Okay folks, say it with me: 1 for the money, 2 for the - the - okay, just let me read the script again first... (talk) 00:11, 2 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 29 January 2014

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  • Traffic report: Six strikes out
    There are times when this job is hard. As an analogy, imagine navigating in fog at night, except you don't know where you are, you don't know where you want to go, and your flashlight keeps dying on you.
  • WikiProject report: Special report: Contesting contests
    Contests have existed almost as long as the English Wikipedia. Contestants have expanded hundreds of articles and made tens of thousands of edits. Although it may seem as though there aren't any negatives to contests, they have occasionally become a divisive topic on the English Wikipedia.
  • News and notes: Wiki-PR defends itself, condemns Wikipedia's actions
    Wiki-PR, a public relations agency, whose employees used a sophisticated array of concealed user accounts to create, edit, and maintain several thousand Wikipedia articles for paying clients, has told Business Insider that it was demonized by the online encyclopedia. Jordan French, Wiki-PR's CEO, said he believes the Wikimedia Foundation "painted" his company to look like an "evil entity" that is "scrubbing truths from Wikipedia".

GAN Backlog Drive Award

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The Good Article Reviewer's Medal of Merit
For reviewing 3 Good article nominations during the December 2013 GAN Backlog Drive!--Dom497 (talk) 15:24, 3 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, very much! :) Okay folks, say it with me: 1 for the money, 2 for the - the - okay, just let me read the script again first... (talk) 19:17, 3 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

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The Special Barnstar
For reaching your goal to review 3 Good article nominations during the December 2013 GAN Backlog Drive! Dom497 (talk) 15:25, 3 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Aw, why thank you! :) Okay folks, say it with me: 1 for the money, 2 for the - the - okay, just let me read the script again first... (talk) 19:18, 3 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Whoa, whoa, whoa!

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Hi there, The judges have discussed this and felt that although Talk:HMS Bulldog (H91)/GA1 and Talk:Struthiosaurinae/GA1 were short in actual review content - i.e. an indication of what needed to be changed etc. We generally go by a guideline of 1000 bytes for a review which you clearly meet, but in each case the text confirms that the article pretty much met the GA criteria already. This doesn't mean that they're bad reviews, it is just that we don't recognise them in the cup. Miyagawa (talk) 19:39, 3 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Pretty much. I know it seems pedantic, but my advise would be when doing GARs for the cup - don't fix anything in the article. Instead list literally everything on the review page. I've had reviews during my years in the cup that didn't qualify too. Miyagawa (talk) 19:56, 3 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A brownie for you!

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For your reviews in the last Articles for creation Backlog Elimination Drive Better late than never :P --Mdann52talk to me! 13:14, 5 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, very much! :) Okay folks, say it with me: 1 for the money, 2 for the - the - okay, just let me read the script again first... (talk) 18:35, 5 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Ways to improve Monosyntaxis bipunctata

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Hi, I'm Missionedit. Wilhelmina Will, thanks for creating Monosyntaxis bipunctata!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Please add inline citations. See WP:CITE.

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse. Anastasia (talk) 01:53, 12 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, but another editor I collaborate with takes care of that - he knows more about moths than I do. Okay folks, say it with me: 1 for the money, 2 for the - the - okay, just let me read the script again first... (talk) 01:55, 12 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Bit slower

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Could you slow down a little again? If you could limit the number of new articles to about 30-40 a day, I would appreciate it. I am having a hard time updating all of them. Espiacially since I try to improve the genus articles as well. Please note that a number of the genera you already covered now again have red links, since the list of species you worked from was not complete. Furthermore: I revived some of the genera that were previously considered synonyms, so these also have red links. It might be useful to go back through the list of genera and check for red links when you feel like it.. Cheers! Ruigeroeland (talk) 08:14, 12 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, since I - sort of - crossed the midpoint alphabetically, I intended to do that when I go to make the next article batch. Not to worry, I'll wait till you're done with these, and I won't likely make so many in the next one - I just do that in anticipation of Hump Day; it's a thing. :) Okay folks, say it with me: 1 for the money, 2 for the - the - okay, just let me read the script again first... (talk) 08:20, 12 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Lol. Cheers and keep it up! Ruigeroeland (talk) 08:23, 12 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
You betcha! ;) Okay folks, say it with me: 1 for the money, 2 for the - the - okay, just let me read the script again first... (talk) 08:33, 12 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Just to let you know: I added another bunch of Amata species. These are all African. There are even more species, but I guess we will have to look into that later. Cheers! Ruigeroeland (talk) 14:41, 14 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 12 February 2014

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  • In the media: WikiVIP; Art Feminism; Medical articles; PR manipulation; Azerbaijani Wikipedia
    As reported in various media outlets this week, including The Next Web and The Daily Dot, this past week, Wikimedia Commons and various language Wikipedias are working together to encourage subjects of Wikipedia articles to record a 10-second clip of their voice to be appended to their Wikipedia article.
  • Technology report: Left with no choice
    Software evolution does not always mean that features are being added. It also means that old fat is being trimmed. It is no different for MediaWiki.
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Gynning

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Hi, thank you for editing Carolina Gynnings article. Could you please put the GOCE tag at the articles talk page so everyone knows that it has been edited by the project. And you should always notify the nominating user that the copyedit has been completed. You were might on your way to do all of that, but still :) Thank you.--BabbaQ (talk) 18:01, 15 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

 Done :) Okay folks, say it with me: 1 for the money, 2 for the - the - okay, just let me read the script again first... (talk) 21:35, 15 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A cupcake for you!

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Thank you very much for copyediting the Plitvice Lakes incident and the Battle of the Miljevci Plateau. I appreciate your efforts and time! Tomobe03 (talk) 19:56, 16 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, how sweet! Thank you! :) Okay folks, say it with me: 1 for the money, 2 for the - the - okay, just let me read the script again first... (talk) 00:49, 17 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GA review

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What's going on with your review of HMS Implacable (R86)?

I'd forgotten about that... I'll get to it later on today. Okay folks, say it with me: 1 for the money, 2 for the - the - okay, just let me read the script again first... (talk) 17:40, 17 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Some more genera

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Hi Wilhelmina, I found some more missing species pages: see the genera Afrospilarctia, Kodiosoma, Cisthene and Logunovium. Cheers! Ruigeroeland (talk) 13:36, 17 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Okay folks, say it with me: 1 for the money, 2 for the - the - okay, just let me read the script again first... (talk) 17:40, 17 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed you had your 'middle of the week'-sprint, probably not necessary to ask, but: would you again wait with making new articles until I finish this batch? This amount might take me the rest of the week to finish..! Cheers Ruigeroeland (talk) 14:17, 19 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
See former message.. :) Ruigeroeland (talk) 09:11, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Aw... okay, I can wait till the current batch's done. :) Doing great so far, by the way! :) As you’ll see, I’ve added some shortening to my sig! (talk) 18:20, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

February GOCE blitz

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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Thanks very much for copyediting a total of 10647 words during the February blitz! All the best, Miniapolis 02:43, 18 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, very much! :) Okay folks, say it with me: 1 for the money, 2 for the - the - okay, just let me read the script again first... (talk) 09:13, 19 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE February blitz wrapup

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Guild of Copy Editors Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/February 2014 wrap-up

Participation: Out of seven people who signed up for this blitz, all copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

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March GOCE copyedit drive

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The March 2014 backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles in need of copyediting. The drive begins on March 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on March 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copyedit all articles tagged in December 2012 and January 2013 and to complete all requests placed in January 2014. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copyedits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top five in the following categories: number of articles, number of words, number of articles over 5,000 words, number of articles tagged in December 2012 and January 2013 and the longest article. We hope to see you there!

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March 2014 GAN Backlog Drive

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It's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:

  • This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
  • Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
  • The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
  • An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.

Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.

More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.

I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!

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Re:WikiCup awarding system.

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Hi there- last year, I only gave participant awards to those who had scored, but I'll make a mental note to give you one as well, if you like. If I don't give you one at the end of the year, remind me! J Milburn (talk) 18:28, 22 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on changes to the AfC mailing list

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WikiCup 2014 February newsletter

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And so ends the most competitive first round we have ever seen, with 38 points required to qualify for round 2. Last year, 19 points secured a place; before that, 11 (2012) or 8 (2011) were enough. This is both a blessing and a curse. While it shows the vigourous good health of the competition, it also means that we have already lost many worthy competitors. Our top three scorers were:

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  2. Oh, better far to live and die / Under the brave black flag I fly... Adam Cuerden (submissions), a WikiCup veteran and a finalist last year, Adam is also a featured picture specialist, focusing on the restoration of historical images. This month's promotions have included a carefully restored set of artist William Russell Flint's work.
  3. United States WikiRedactor (submissions), another WikiCup newcomer. WikiRedactor has claimed points for good article reviews and good articles relating to pop music, many of which were awarded bonus points. Articles include Sky Ferreira, Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus and "Wrecking Ball" (Miley Cyrus song).

Other competitors of note include:

After such a competitive first round, expect the second round to also be fiercely fought. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2, but please do not update your submission page until March (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 equally.

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. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email), The ed17 (talk • email) and Miyagawa (talk • email) 00:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive

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Ways to improve Pheia gaudens

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I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Please add references to all the articles you create.

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February 2014 Wikification drive awards

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The WikiProject Wikify Trophy
For scoring first place on the February 2014 WikiProject Wikify Drive's leaderboard, you are awarded The WikiProject Wikify Trophy! Congratulations! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:15, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The Silver Wikification Barnstar
For wikifying a total of 79 articles during the drive, you are also awarded The Silver Wikification Barnstar. Well done! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:15, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

All the best! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:15, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, very much! :) Okay folks, say it with me: 1 for the money, 2 for the - the - okay, just let me read the script again first... (talk) 17:00, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your signature

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Hey there! I noticed your signature is quite long and to me it appeared disrupt the flow of some talk pages. Perhaps consider shortening it? Thank you! — MusikAnimal talk 21:25, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Mistake in one of your talk page messages

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Just a note, There was a mistake in one of your talk page messages above, which caused some formatting not to close. I've fixed the formatting so it is now closed and the formatting doesn't take up half your talk page. 50.14.142.33 (talk) 23:06, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, very much! :) Okay folks, say it with me: 1 for the money, 2 for the - the - okay, just let me read the script again first... (talk) 04:53, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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A brownie for you!

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A brownie to you for reviewing at least 15 submissions during the WikiProject Articles for creation December 2013 - January 2014 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thanks for contributing to the backlog elimination drive!
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@Northamerica1000: Thank you very much! :D As you’ll see, I’ve added some shortening to my sig! (talk) 03:01, 8 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

AfC March 2014 Backlog Elimination Drive

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Hello Wilhelmina Will:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Elimination Drive!
The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running from March 1, 2014 to March 31, 2014.

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There is a backlog of over 4800 articles, so start reviewing articles! Visit the drive's page and help out!

The AfC helper script can assist you in tallying your edits automatically. To view a full list of changes, visit the changelog. Please report bugs and feature requests there, too! Thanks. NorthAmerica1000 13:10, 8 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Missing species

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Hi Wilhelmina, I came across some missing species in the genus Oxacme. FYI: I also cleaned all monotypic genera up to the letter R. Cheers Ruigeroeland (talk) 16:03, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Duly noted! ;) As you’ll see, I’ve added some shortening to my sig! (talk) 21:12, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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DYK for HMS Good Hope (1901)

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Thank you for the new article Victuallers (talk) 08:03, 15 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! :) As you’ll see, I’ve added some shortening to my sig! (talk) 09:34, 15 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There is a mop reserved in your name and You're Ready :)

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You are an exemplary editor—indeed remarkable.
You would be a good administrator in my opinion, and you are qualified!
You personify an Administrator without tools, and have gained my support; already!

I really don't have the words to describe the amount of hard work and time you've contributed to Wikipedia over the past years :) I think it's more than Incredible! Though we may not have interacted much before, I've known you for a very long time especially since you were the one who reviewed my very first article on Wikipedia :) I truly believe that you are more than ready and capable of doing the mop work! A solid contributor to many good articles and creating several DYK's which I highly respect. The wonderful work you've done and the dedication you have shown in helping to build an encyclopedia are priceless! Wikipedia needs an admin like you and I look forward to seeing you at RfA soon ;) Best wishes. -TheGeneralUser (talk) 22:32, 16 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Good heavens, what a wonderful message! You've made my day, thank you! :) As you’ll see, I’ve added some shortening to my sig! (talk) 00:36, 17 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for HMS Euryalus (1901)

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Well, thank you for the article Victuallers (talk) 16:03, 17 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! :) As you’ll see, I’ve added some shortening to my sig! (talk) 17:12, 17 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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