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Hello again! I hope that you are having a wonderful week so far. I was wondering if you could possibly help me with my current FAC? I would be more than happy to review anything in return for your help. Either way, good luck with your current work and your future projects. Aoba47 (talk) 02:08, 29 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hey! I'll take a look soon. NumerounovedantTalk 06:10, 29 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Thank you! Aoba47 (talk) 06:34, 29 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I see that you've asked for a status report at the FAC. I've been through​ article and do not any glaring flaws that need to be discussed as such. I think it's pretty much FA ready, and should pass the review. That said, I'll offer comments if need be. Good luck with the nomination Aoba47. NumerounovedantTalk 14:04, 31 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Thank you! Aoba47 (talk) 19:10, 31 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Anytime. Happy new year! NumerounovedantTalk 19:26, 31 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Hello! I hope that you are having a wonderful new year. I apologize for asking for your help again so quickly, but since you did not get a chance to comment on my last FAC, I was wondering if you could do a review for my current one. I would be more than happy to review or help with any of your current or future projects in return. Either way, here is to the start of a great year! Aoba47 (talk) 21:56, 1 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I've left some comments at the page. I am sure the very minor prose fixes shall be taken care of during the review so i refrained from pointing them out. NumerounovedantTalk 05:21, 2 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Thank you! Aoba47 (talk) 06:03, 2 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, Vedant. I have nominated my first solo FAC. You have peer reviewed this article in May-June 2016. Do let me know if you wish to leave comments at the FAC by pinging me. Thanks.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 12:44, 4 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take a look sson Ssven2​. NumerounovedantTalk 15:01, 4 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I need your help at the FAC regarding the review of the images in the "Themes and influences" section. Thanks.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 12:53, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Ssven2: I've left some comments there, hope they help. VedantTalk 14:57, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed yes. The only reliable one I got is from Swarajya magazine. I've used up what it speaks about the painting. Other than that, I got nothing. I've removed it.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 10:20, 11 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I think the description paints a pretty good picture of the painting itself. It did have some interesting motifs though, but they are nicely summed up in the text too. VedantTalk 11:11, 11 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The article has been promoted to FA! My first solo FA!  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 14:13, 20 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Numerounovedant, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the "autopatrolled" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the autopatrolled right, see Wikipedia:Autopatrolled. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! Alex Shih (talk) 09:14, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Alex Shih: Thank you! NumerounovedantTalk 09:18, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have nominated this PR. Do let me know if you wish to leave comments there by pinging me. Thanks.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 11:21, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Ssven2: Hey there, tbh I am not too sure about this one. College starts in a week, and I have a couple of articles that I'd like to be done with here. I'll try to offer whatever observations that I can come up with nonetheless. NumerounovedantTalk 11:25, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, Vedant. Do let me know when you do so.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 11:30, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, sir. NumerounovedantTalk 11:35, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Ssven2: I was wondering that since you dropped by at Margarita with a Straw, could you go through the Filming and post production section and let me know if reads fine? I am a little concerned about the clarity of the narrative in the first two paragraphs in particular. It'd be great help! NumerounovedantTalk 11:39, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Here are my comments:

• "Snow machines were used to create the artificial environment required for various sequences​ set during winter season. Koechlin and Revathi had to wear woollen clothes." — This portion doesn't have quite a good description, no offense. Perhaps "Snow machines were used to create the artificial environment required for various sequences​ set during winter season. As a result, Koechlin and Revathi had to wear woollen clothes."

• Tweaked.

• "The crew also faced difficulties in shooting certain scenes; the van that carried Koechlin's wheelchair broke and had to be manually held together while shooting." — Avoid repetition of "shooting" in the same sentence. BTW, it reads more like "the van" had a breakdown or something and not the chair. Do tweak it a little bit. Thanks.

• It's quite ridiculous but it was the van broke down​. xD Although they had no scenes where it was required to move, but the crew did hold the van manually whole Koechlin shot for a scene inside it.

Oh, LOL.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 12:22, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• "attended the workshop conducted by Bose herself." — Put a "a" instead of "the".

That's pretty much it. Otherwise, the section looks good.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 12:00, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Ssven2! NumerounovedantTalk 12:19, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, I have resolved your comments at the FAC. Do let me know if there's anything pending. Thanks.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 12:22, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I'll do that soon. NumerounovedantTalk 12:26, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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—Anomalocaris (talk) 08:24, 8 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! VedantTalk 11:15, 8 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for taking care of it! —Anomalocaris (talk) 10:41, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not that I am arguing with you over the topic of her nationality, but from that recent source which proves she is legally French, I have removed "Indian-born" from the lead, since she is not genetically Indian. Feel free to rewrite, not revert. ----Kailash29792 (talk) 12:02, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Kailash29792:It's perfectly fine Kailash. I just read the context section here and thought that the "place of birth should not be mentioned in the lead unless they are relevant to the subject's notability" bit was particularly relevant in her case. She is not widley known in the French film industry or the country as such. So, I believe that her being born and brought up in India is an especially significant detail (I know that you'd mostly agree that her being Indian is relevant, just pointing out the reasoning for my actions here). Let me know if a sentence like: "Born in Pudducherry, India to French parents..." sounds like good option. Thank you. VedantTalk 12:29, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Kailash29792: People don't seem to be convinced. What do you suggest be done? VedantTalk 14:00, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The obvious: revert, since Koechlin is not Indian both legally and heritage-wise. Perhaps we could mention her Indian upbringing in the subsequent paragraph? ----Kailash29792 (talk) 14:12, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, is the current version good? VedantTalk 14:37, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The categories describing her as Indian can be removed. --Kailash29792 (talk) 15:49, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take a look. Thank you Kailash! VedantTalk 16:15, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Margarita with a Straw 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 Yashthepunisher -- Yashthepunisher (talk) 14:41, 10 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I would appreciate your comments as always, Vedant. Its my first attempt at a Bollywood awards list. Do let me know if you wish to leave comments at the FLC by pinging me. Thanks.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 08:20, 12 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Ssven2: I'll try and take a look soon. VedantTalk 18:03, 12 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Replied to your comments in case you did not receive my ping.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 10:33, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Sonia Gandhi. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

Please be particularly aware that Wikipedia's policy on edit warring states:

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• Given you have spent entire month of December 2017 edit warring over the lead on Sonia Gandhi and now you are making mass changes again without sources or consensus and mostly those edits that were only supported by you, it is now time for you to stop this. Capitals00 (talk) 14:49, 12 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The only problem is that that nothing constructive has been done. I told you exactly where to look for refs in the summary; mentioned policies that are supposed to support the changes; started a talk discussion; you may want to put this message on your own talk page too. Let the page be as it is, it deserves peace more than anything else. VedantTalk 15:07, 12 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

May all your endeavours have a fruitful beginning and prosperous ending!  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 09:53, 14 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Same to you Ssven2! VedantTalk 12:22, 14 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The article Margarita with a Straw you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Margarita with a Straw for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Yashthepunisher -- Yashthepunisher (talk) 15:41, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I've joined the club now. I just preferred to participate in it. Let's see how it goes.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 09:20, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This should be fun; You are going to do great with the FLCs that you keep working on tirelessly! Also, I'll comment on your last nomination in a day or two. VedantTalk 14:02, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

		The India Star
		For bringing Margarita with a Straw to GA. This is the 50th instance in the Indian Cinema 1000 challenge of an article becoming a GA/FA/FL. Keep it up!  — Ssven2 Looking at you, kid 09:36, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you User:Ssven2! I noticed the little milestone too, and then went on to add the entry to the list myself. It's been great so far! VedantTalk 14:03, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, can you please perform the source review of this nomination? I can understand that you are unfamiliar with the subject. Yashthepunisher (talk) 09:19, 20 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Yashthepunisher: I'll try and take a look later tonight. VedantTalk 15:23, 20 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Numerounovedant,
I was correcting dablinks when I removed the nationality as French in the infobox, without knowing that there have been disputes on it. I haven't made any further changes than that. While in the Ouest website she mentions of having a French passport, they also mention [qui a été son mari pendant sept ans] on her being married to Anurag Kashyap for 7 years, which is incorrect. In these sources 1 and 2, she mentions of having an Indian citizenship. Now as India doesn't grant dual citizenship, there's some issue with the nationality in the article. Your thoughts?,
Thanks, MT Train^Discuss 15:09, 20 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Mark the train, thanks for dropping by; I wasn't too sure about the Ouest source at first either. What makes it even more ambiguous is the lack of a proper date (I couldn't find one in the article). Now that you came up with a source that is as recent as November 2016, I would ideally like to go by it. It is her word against her, literally, in which case we should go by more recent source which I believe is The Hindu piece (The Ouest source mentions that she has been a part of about a "dozen" films, which suggests that it must be a lot older than 2016). I think we can back to the Indian nationality then. VedantTalk 15:20, 20 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I also had doubts with the date of that article as the only reference to her Bollywood work is mentioned as Dev D, which was released way back in 2009. MT Train^Discuss 16:02, 20 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Did any of you try viewing the French site's source page to find its' publication date? There has to be some way. --Kailash29792 (talk) 16:30, 20 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

After some efforts, I could find a similar article by the same correspondent in June 2016: https://mediaindia.eu/dossier/kalki-koechlin/ which has been worded a bit differently. If you click on the the next image in the Ouest article, the date shows as May/June 2016 for the same edition. It's also interesting to note that fr:Kalki Koechlin mentions her as an Indian actress of French origin though it also contains the same Ouest source. MT Train^Discuss 17:31, 20 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

So, it cannot be any newer. We could go back to the Indian nationality on principle then, once we come up with a consensus on whether The Hindu source can be used to declare her Indian. Thoughts Mark the train, Kailash29792? VedantTalk 17:56, 20 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Meanwhile I found this, a lesser reliable site that terms her an Indian actress. Would it be fine if I link this conversation at WT:IN? Hoping others might help. MT Train^Discuss 18:51, 20 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, but I doubt the value of the above listed source. There are numerous articles referring to her as an Indian actress, which don't really explicit her nationality. That would be the case here too. VedantTalk 20:10, 20 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I'll leave this reference and mention the other three. MT Train^Discuss 04:25, 21 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you rather. VedantTalk 04:55, 21 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

1.  Completed user:JimHolden (3026) *R 09:11, 21 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It was very tidy already, just some very minor tidy ups made. JimHolden (talk) 09:14, 21 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much JimHolden, I really appreciate the help. VedantTalk 10:27, 21 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I look at Loev's FAC soon. BTW, I would very much like to review HBJ if you are planning to take it to GA, if that's alright. You can review KHNH when I've nominated it for GA.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 16:36, 22 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sure Ssven2, that'd be great. You must watch Happy Bhag Jayegi, if at all. Logic might not be the very dear to comedy films (especially Bollywood), but this one is a laugh riot and a pure delight all at once! VedantTalk 16:41, 22 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I do need to watch it as I must have knowledge of the articles I deal with in my reviews as it would help the reviewer have an in-depth understanding of the topic aka be a "keener pair of eyes". I'll also watch Loev too. BTW, have you seen KHNH? Silly me, of course you would have. I do think it is KJo's most mature script along with K3G and MNIK.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 16:46, 22 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I was a die hard Zinta fan growing up, so yes, I've seen pretty much everything that she has done. And, KHNH is one the finer ones of course! The other two, I could simply watch for Kajol! Also, do let me know once you are through with Loev and Happy; I'd love me a review. VedantTalk 16:52, 22 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Those dimples are to watch out for! Personally, I watched it (I've lost count of the number of times BTW) for her, SRK and Saif (who was brilliant, more than in DCH). My mom loves Kajol, she's a die-hard fan. The thing about Kajol is her comic timing and the way she makes her roles look believable. I mean, any young woman can identify with Simran from DDLJ.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 16:57, 22 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oh boy, I think we all get our Kajol love from out mums. xD But yes, you are absolutely on point! Her comic timing is crazy, especially her character in Kabhi Khush Kabhi Gam! VedantTalk 17:02, 22 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Tujhko bade maza ki hai.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 17:15, 22 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Cracks me up everytime. 😂😂 VedantTalk 17:27, 22 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nominated KHNH for GA.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 10:07, 23 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Ssven2: I see it has already been picked up. I'll try and come up with some comments too anyway.VedantTalk 16:31, 23 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, out of the blue by Bollyjeff, an experienced editor who's responsible for DDLJ being promoted to FA. I welcome it. You can come in as a guest reviewer if you wish to.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 06:53, 24 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Will do. Also, thank you so much for spreading the word on Loev. You're a gem. VedantTalk 11:17, 24 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Anything for a friend.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 14:52, 24 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I need your help with KHNH's GA. Bollyjeff prefers a copyedit of the article and, in his own words: "if you could have another editor check the grammar I would feel better about it." So do help me out here.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 16:38, 26 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ssven2, I've offered some quick copy-edits to article's major sections (Production, Release, and Reception). Considering​ the article's size, I think that it would still need substantial work, but that can be done at a later point. It should do for now IMO. Let me know if there is anything else. VedantTalk 18:50, 26 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I do have some queries and suggestions, but I can discuss them later at the article's talk page, away from the time restrictions of the GAR, which it should pass. It is very thorough; you did a great job expanding the article. VedantTalk 18:55, 26 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much, Vedant. The article has passed.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 07:07, 27 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Would you still be interested in reviewing it for GA? VedantTalk 17:49, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I would.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 07:17, 1 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have nominated it Ssven2. Thanks. VedantTalk 09:26, 1 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Picked it up, Vedant. I'll leave some comments tomorrow.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 09:43, 1 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, thanks again. VedantTalk 09:45, 1 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Left comments at the article's GAR in case you did not receive my ping.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 09:03, 2 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Vedant, I need some help. Can you please upload one recent image of Vishal Bhardwaj, Manoj Bajpayee and Chaitanya Tamhane? It's because VB and MB's infobox image are quite old and CT doesn't even have an image. I'm not really good at this so, need some assistance. Yashthepunisher (talk) 10:58, 25 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, I'll look for recent ones Yash. VedantTalk 11:01, 25 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. BTW, great work on HBJ so far. Yashthepunisher (talk) 11:02, 25 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Haha, yes thank you (Although, I work at a snail's pace, editing one section per day). Does Bajpayee look better now? VedantTalk 11:23, 25 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Offcourse, thanks again for that. Yashthepunisher (talk) 12:18, 25 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Don't know if you're watching it now but Preity's reactions at the auction are priceless. Can't get enough of her.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 10:07, 27 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ssven2 I wouldn't say that I totally ​approve to the team choices, but yesss, she's so animated. xD VedantTalk 10:29, 27 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it wasn't just us Ssven2. VedantTalk 06:12, 28 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Marana Bangam. Ultimate ROFL! Here are some memes in Tamil about the auction: 1 and 2.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 06:21, 28 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The film is nominated for GA by King Prithviraj II. Do let him know if you wish to review it. Thanks.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 09:32, 29 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take a look and let him know. VedantTalk 14:36, 29 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I see you have taken it up and informed him. That's really kind of you, Vedant. Hope this will make a valuable addition to your Wikicup challenge submissions.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 15:45, 29 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I love reading articles about Old films, so thank you rather! VedantTalk 16:31, 29 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Ssven2, I see that you're helping him with the review. Well, I've left the last set of comments there. I was wondering if you could do an image review for Loev meanwhile; it's just a couple of photos i believe. VedantTalk 12:52, 30 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Done as requested.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 13:06, 30 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Vedant, isn't it time to create a separate filmography for Kalki Koechlin? She has 25+ films under her kitty now as well as 4 television appearances.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 10:17, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Idk Ssven2, I am never too sure about when it is the right time. Lists are just not my thing; Yashthepunisher had reservations when I created Knightley's Filmography (she has 30+ credits), but I mostly agreed with him. Also, I do not know how the article would look with a separate filmography, but the awards still in it. That'd be a little odd too. Maybe wait till both filmography and awards get there? Meanwhile, I'll try and come up with a comprehensive list of theatre credits as well. How you do feel about that? VedantTalk 12:47, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good. Watched Padmaavat today. Jhakkas Ranveer Singh in full form! Can watch it at least once for his spirited, out-of-control, mad, crazy performance.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 16:55, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Ssven2: Oh, I believe that he's crazy alright in all his films. 😂 Not sure if I am going to watch Padmavat anytime soon; too many people at the movies at the moment. Maybe next week when the mania wears off. VedantTalk 17:01, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Speaking of his craziness, take a look at this.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 15:14, 2 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Ssven2, I finally​ got a chance to watch it. I see the crazy; although I must say it's another one of the gloriously unimpressive sagas. Also, the actors with restrain impressed me a lot more than the crazy lot. Sarbh and Hydari were magnetic with their measured performances. Even Shahid did just fine with whatever was given to him (No one can save the vo rajput speech though). I'd chose them over the crazy anyday. VedantTalk 18:13, 2 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Call of the Wild

Precious six years

... for improving article quality in January 2018! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:09, 30 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Gerda Arendt, january is always the best wikipedia month for me! VedantTalk 12:40, 31 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

So far, it's well written and clear, so my edits are minor. But you finish the plot with, 'a date outside, by herself'. I'm guessing the meaning is 'a day in the country, by herself'. I just wanted to alert you in case this is wrong and you need to rephrase it. JimHolden (talk) 22:13, 26 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes JimHolden, pretty much. VedantTalk 12:31, 27 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Happy Bhag Jayegi 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 Ssven2 -- Ssven2 (talk) 10:01, 1 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The article Happy Bhag Jayegi you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Happy Bhag Jayegi for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ssven2 -- Ssven2 (talk) 15:02, 2 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

	The Konark wheel award
	For Happy Bhag Jayegi's GAC success. Pushing the self and motivating him to contribute isn't an easy task and I wish you continue to do that. Regards, Pavanjandhyala 15:11, 2 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Pavanjandhyala. I wish the same for you! VedantTalk 18:40, 2 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again! I hope that you are having a wonderful week so far. I was wondering if you could possibly help me with my current FAC (Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/All Souls (TV series)/archive1)? I would be more than happy to review anything in return for your help. Either way, good luck with your current work and your future projects. Aoba47 (talk) 18:22, 4 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'll definitely take a look Aoba47. VedantTalk 16:14, 5 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Thank you! Aoba47 (talk) 16:40, 5 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Mantra (2016 film) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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I would appreciate your comments as always, Vedant. Its my second attempt at a Bollywood awards list. Do let me know if you wish to leave comments at the FLC by pinging me. Thanks.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 14:38, 13 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take a look soon, Ssven2. VedantTalk 06:53, 14 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A gentle reminder.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 09:00, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Numerounovedant, after a couple of discussions on Kalki Koechlin's nationality couldn't bear a conclusive result, I feel dispute resolution can help bring a closure to persistent edits on the issue. Please participate at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard to post your views. Thanks, MT Train^Discuss 14:44, 13 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for dropping by Mark the train, I'll take a look. VedantTalk 06:52, 14 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, Vedant. I have nominated my fifth FAC and second collaboration with Kailash29792. You peer reviewed this article back in March last year. Do let me know if you wish to leave comments at the FAC by pinging me. Thanks.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 09:38, 1 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take a look soon Ssven2. VedantTalk 09:46, 2 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have hopefully resolved your comments in case you did not receive my ping.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 12:15, 2 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I've hopefully resolved your last two queries in case you did not receive my ping.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 15:56, 2 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I really need your help, Vedant. Eric Corbett has provided an oppose to the article on the grounds that its grammar has a rather "disjointed" and "staccato"-like style. Could you do me and Kailash the honour of performing a copyedit on the article to better it from the current version? Thank you.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 10:02, 8 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I see that Ssven2, I'll go through the article again later today. VedantTalk 10:06, 8 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Eric Corbett has struck off his oppose as per the article's current version. Thank you so much for your help, Vedant.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 12:58, 9 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, Ssven2, you still might want to incorporate the changes that I made? I think the article reads better that way. Good luck with it now! VedantTalk 13:37, 9 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You can do so, Vedant. Thank you.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 17:15, 9 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I did, Ssven2. I also tried to make all the changes that have been made since, but that was a little tricky. You might have to take a look to make sure that everything is in order. I cannot seem to understand anymore, my brain might explode if I continue. 😅 VedantTalk 15:29, 13 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Would you like me to take up Angrej or would you like Yash to do so?  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 10:43, 13 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

He already took it up Ssven2, loving the enthusiasm though! xD I'll ask you next. VedantTalk 13:02, 13 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Best of luck with it. BTW, I would like to contribute with you on Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. The Shape of Water is fine too.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 15:24, 13 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sure Ssven2! When do you wish to begin? VedantTalk 15:31, 13 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Which one, TBOEM or SOW? Either one's fine, and I would like to begin it next weekend (Around 23 March, respect) as I'll be a bit busy until then.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 15:38, 13 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I like Missouri better. And, next weekend it is then! VedantTalk 15:44, 13 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You're on. You can store the references you get here.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 15:52, 13 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have a feeling that we can shape the article better in a sandbox and paste it after expansion. Your call though.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 07:07, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, Ssven2, considering that the most of it has to begin from scratch we should do that. Should we add the useful bits to the sandbox or start with a completely​new structure? VedantTalk 07:15, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A completely new structure should be implemented IMHO. We can get a better flow in the prose that way. I've started a bit in the sandbox already.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 07:24, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

... for improving article quality in Febuary 2018! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:28, 1 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for acknowledging Gerda Arendt! VedantTalk 09:47, 2 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

... and in March! Happy Easter! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:49, 1 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

... and in April! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:27, 1 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

... and in May! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:58, 1 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

... and in June! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:32, 1 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

... and in July! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:32, 1 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

... and in August! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:25, 1 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

... and in October! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:19, 1 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

... and in November! Have you voted?? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:45, 1 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. With 53 contestants qualifying, the groups for round 2 are slightly smaller than usual, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining users.

Our top scorers in round 1 were:

• Aoba47 led the field with a featured article, 8 good articles and 42 GARs, giving a total of 666 points.
• FrB.TG , a WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points, gained from a featured article and masses of bonus points.
• Ssven2, another WikiCup newcomer, was in third place with 403 points, garnered from a featured article, a featured list, a good article and twelve GARs.
• Ceranthor, Numerounovedant, Carbrera, Farang Rak Tham and Cartoon network freak all had over 200 points, but like all the other contestants, now have to start again from scratch. A good achievement was the 193 GARs performed by WikiCup contestants, comparing very favourably with the 54 GAs they achieved.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether 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.

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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Nicholas Hoult 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 Ssven2 -- Ssven2 (talk) 11:20, 3 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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The article Nicholas Hoult you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Nicholas Hoult for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ssven2 -- Ssven2 (talk) 17:21, 6 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Angrej 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 Yashthepunisher -- Yashthepunisher (talk) 12:41, 13 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

	The Original Barnstar
	For bringing Angrej to GA which is the first Punjabi language film to achieve this feat. :) Yashthepunisher (talk) 11:10, 18 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Yash! VedantTalk 11:16, 18 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Adding my congratulations too. A slight change in plan for Three Billboards BTW. We'll start tomorrow as I'm a little busy today.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 04:13, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Ssven2! And sure we can start anytime that you're comfortable. I haven't been​too active either, but I did read through the article​, so that's a start. VedantTalk 05:52, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Vedant, can you perform a source review here? Yashthepunisher (talk) 11:17, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, Yash. Maybe later tonight or tomorrow. VedantTalk 14:09, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't forgotten Yash, I'll get to it soon after the exam tomorrow. VedantTalk 19:42, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No hurries. Yashthepunisher (talk) 12:32, 26 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, Numerounovedant. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested for Happy Bhag Jayegi at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 06:14, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Baffle gab1978! VedantTalk 06:24, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Numerounovedant, I've begun working on the copy-edit you requested at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page for the article Nicholas Hoult. Please feel free to contact me and to correct or revert my edits if necessary. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 00:50, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much Baffle gag, I really appreciate the time and amount of work that you put into the article. VedantTalk 03:36, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No problems; best of luck with your planned FA nom. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 22:03, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, You are amazing at your work and compassionate! That's a rare combination. xD I do have one question, do you think the info-box is mostly repetitive and a little useless for the article? VedantTalk 10:36, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, re this. Is there any issue if the dead urls are replaced by working links and deadurl parameter says "no"? Because that's what I am trying to do here. Yashthepunisher (talk) 16:28, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, Yash. Why don't you simply replace the no with a yes? That fixes the issue just fine. VedantTalk 16:51, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Okay then. Yashthepunisher (talk) 12:10, 29 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I managed to work on this and am planning for this as my next GA. I was hoping you would review it. As for Three Billboards, I would like the both of us to work on it equally and hence I will wait for you to start editing on it first.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 08:40, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, Ssven2. I think I can find some time to review the The Legend. I have been extremely occupied otherwise and haven't​really thought about the other Wiki-work in the past couple of days. I might not edit regularly until after the CWG as I planned on extending my break and it was the perfect reason. I'll obviously have the odd edit for TBOEM and a couple of other artciles every now and then, but feel free to edit whenever you like (Your pace might inspire me to edit as well). VedantTalk 18:23, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, congratulations on Margarita with a Straw.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 08:31, 4 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I've picked The Legend up for review. VedantTalk 08:54, 4 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Responded to and hopefully resolved your comments in case you did not receive my ping.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 15:07, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Responded to and hopefully resolved your comments on the plot section in case you did not receive my ping.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 16:11, 8 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Replying to your comment: "Again, it should be either Bhagat or Bhagat Singh throughout." I've mentioned the revolutionary's name as "Bhagat" save the instances where his full name is quoted/stated/said by the cast and crew.

• Another one: "he had not watched Shaheed before signing up for the project": I have already linked Shaheed to the 1965 Manoj Kumar film at the start of the Production section under the first line of the development sub-section. I did not want to link it a second time due to WP:OVERLINK. Kailash29792 has resolved it on my behalf. Thanks, buddy.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 11:05, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

	The Margarita Barnstar
	For you exemplary work on Margarita with a Straw. Congratulations, and here's a delicious e-margarita (with a straw) for you to enjoy. Cheers! Krimuk2.0 (talk) 06:47, 4 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Krimuk! That's very thoughtful; also, thanks for the help with the article. Cheers, VedantTalk 08:55, 4 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Fully deserved, congratulations, Shahid • ^Talk2me 16:05, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Shahid! Cheers, VedantTalk 16:29, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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	A cannabis plant for you!
	Wikipedia has turned into a ghost town. I give this to you, as a reminder that Margarita with a Straw's FA success should only boost your spirits further, motivate you to go further and contribute much more. And, not letting your fire get doused by the "highs" of Wiki's lows that resemble this plant. Regards, Pavanjandhyala 12:35, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much Pavan! That's very thoughtful. :) VedantTalk 08:58, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hey. I have taken the last list of Padma Bhushan series to the FLC. As you have provided comments for earlier, I thought of checking with you if you got some spare time to take a look at the nomination. I am not sure if this would be your area of interest. - Vivvt (Talk) 15:46, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, Vivvt. Sure, I'll try and take a look by the weekend. VedantTalk 12:48, 17 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I used "Template:Resolved comments" for your comments. I hope you dont mind. - Vivvt (Talk) 04:46, 23 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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The second round of the 2018 WikiCup has now finished. Most contestants who advanced to the next round scored upwards of 100 points, but two with just 10 points managed to scrape through into round 3. Our top scorers in the last round were:

• Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with three featured articles
• Iazyges, with nine good articles and lots of bonus points
• Yashthepunisher, a first time contestant, with two featured lists
• SounderBruce, a finalist last year, with seventeen good topic articles
• Usernameunique, a first time contestant, with fourteen DYKs
• Muboshgu, a seasoned competitor, with three ITNs and
• Courcelles, another first time contestant, with twenty-seven GARs

So far contestants have achieved twelve featured articles between them and a splendid 124 good articles. Commendably, 326 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2018 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met; most of the GARs are fine, but a few have been a bit skimpy.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:10, 1 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Vedant. I have nominated my sixth FAC and my first one for a Hindi film. Do let me know if you wish to leave comments at the FAC by pinging me. Thanks.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 07:44, 6 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, I don't see any major faults with Nicholas Hoult and my concerns were resolved during the GAR itself. You have my support at the article's FAC when you nominate it.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 07:47, 6 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, I'll take a look soon. And , thanks for the repsonse. VedantTalk 10:47, 6 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Congratulations on your many FAs! You are an amazing writer. BTW, I was planning to nominate Ventilator for FAC. Can you give some input? I would appreciate it.Krish | Talk 06:17, 10 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That's a generous remark, thank you Krish!. I'd love to help, do you plan on opening a peer review? VedantTalk 09:10, 10 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Should I open a peer review? I didn't do anything for Aitraaz yet it passed and I did do that for Mary Kom and yet it failed. LOL. I really don't know. I wanted you to take a look at the article and say whether it's FA worthy or not.Krish | Talk 10:55, 10 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's okay. I'll leave some comments at the article's talk page itself once I read through it? VedantTalk 11:49, 10 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Okay.Krish | Talk 16:11, 10 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

~ Rob₁₃^Talk 18:21, 15 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi vedant, hope things are alright with you. Can you please review this article? Yashthepunisher (talk) 19:42, 18 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sure Yash, I have a very busy weekend. How about Monday? VedantTalk 19:43, 18 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. Yashthepunisher (talk) 19:44, 18 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

How about a bit of lead for the list article, saying in prose that he was nominated often and won a few, and the highlights of the acting career? I have little time, may get to the FAC review later. Just a minor thing: I have been criticised for saying "Selected" in discographies, and have begun to say "Recordings" instead of "Selected recordings". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:28, 19 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I've been meaning to add a lead to the list for a while too now, but haven't really had the time. I think you're right about the mention on his win percentage would be an interesting detail. I'll try and get to it ASAP (the heading too). Thanks for the help, Gerda. VedantTalk 08:34, 19 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Did you ever read about my simple dream, in a nutshell: that infobox parameters are normal things to be discussed and changed, always granting the assumption that others act in good faith. Asking for AGF is saying it's missing ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:07, 19 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oh that's a lovely way to put it Gerda! I had not come across that before, but yes, we learn everyday. I hope everyone can still discuss freely at the talk page. VedantTalk 12:14, 19 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I just got what you meant Gerda. i didn't mean that and I Have rephrased! VedantTalk 12:17, 19 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again! I hope that you are having a wonderful week so far. I was wondering if you could possibly help me with my current FAC? I would be more than happy to review anything in return for your help. Either way, good luck with your current work and your future projects. Aoba47 (talk) 22:10, 29 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, Aoba47. I'd appreciate if you could review my current FAC too. VedantTalk 16:47, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Sounds like a plan to me. I will get to it by the end of tonight or tomorrow at the latest. Aoba47 (talk) 19:44, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats on getting the Nicholas Hoult article promoted to a featured article! Aoba47 (talk) 22:31, 13 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Aoba47! Good luck with Lady Blue and your work really inspired me to pick up short-lived TV shows, I'll probably work on The Bridge or The Killing. VedantTalk 05:24, 14 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats from me as well! When should he appear? 7 December? This year or next? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:07, 14 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Good luck with your future projects. I look forward to reading them. Aoba47 (talk) 17:20, 14 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Gerda Arendt , I think birthday or his feature film debut date (10 September) would be great. VedantTalk 06:33, 15 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This year or next (30th birthday)? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:38, 15 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I like this year. VedantTalk 07:54, 15 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations on the latest FA. FrB.TG (talk) 22:11, 15 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you FrB.TG! VedantTalk 18:20, 16 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Vedant, can you please review this article for me, if interested? Yashthepunisher (talk)

Yes, Yashthepunisher. I'll get to it later tonight. VedantTalk 12:08, 22 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I've recently requested a PR for the article Fawad Khan (see here). It'd be an honour for me if you consider reviewing it. Thanks. Amirk94391 (talk) 05:45, 24 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'll try and a take a look soon, Amirk94391. I did take a quick look at the article and you might want to work on the refs which have missed publisher names a couple of times, use improper names as indianexpress.com and such, and have some questionable sources as India.com. VedantTalk 08:35, 24 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for your response, I've replaced india.com's refs with reliable news source. I hope to see you on PR page soon, but for instance can you please tell me that besides india.com and Bollywoodlife, what other sources you found unreliable? Thanks Amirk94391 (talk) 10:40, 24 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

idiva and Mid-Day aren't particularly high quality but they might just qualify as reliable. The rest look good for now. VedantTalk<Talk 11:32, 24 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Well I guess these are alright, I mean a platform launched by Times Internet (iDiva) and a prominent newspaper (Mid Day) are enough to be reliable. I'm considering it for WP:FA but once I've it peer reviewed, So I hope you'll consider reviewing it. Amirk94391 (talk) 20:14, 24 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I'll try and get to it soon. VedantTalk 20:18, 24 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Precious

Two years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:05, 30 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Two years already! VedantTalk 11:03, 2 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

... and three! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:53, 30 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

...and four --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:44, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Vedant. This article is my latest GA attempt. I was hoping if you could review it. Do let me know if you wish to do so by pinging me. Thank you.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 07:40, 1 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, Ssven2. I might not have time before the weekend as I am shifting places, is it alright if I get to maybe by Sunday? VedantTalk 11:04, 2 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. Do let me know when you take it up. Thank you.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 13:46, 2 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I've resolved the first three ("Scroll.in should be italicised", "Link Sify" and "Why mention the agency specifically for ref 16?"). As for Behindwoods, Silverscreen.in and IndiaGlitz, I've included exclusive interviews only and would not have considered them had they been just mere gossip/bilge. Do take this into consideration and have a look at the article before giving your verdict. Thank you.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 17:30, 19 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The third round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

• Courcelles, a first time contestant, with 1756 points, a tally built largely on 27 GAs related to the Olympics
• Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with two featured articles and three GAs on natural history and astronomy topics
• SounderBruce, a finalist last year, with a variety of submissions related to transport in the state of Washington

Contestants managed 7 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 120 good articles, 1 good topic, 124 DYK entries, 15 ITN entries, and 132 good article reviews. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 458 GA reviews, in comparison to 244 good articles submitted for review and promoted. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process; several submissions, particularly in abstruse or technical areas, have needed additional work to make them completely verifiable.

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Hi Vedant. Since you are also interested in politics-related articles, can you please give your comments at my ongoing flc? Yashthepunisher (talk) 04:04, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Sorry for the delay in response Yashthepunisher, but I haven't had any free time in past couple of weeks. I am unsure about my schedule still and will not be able to help with this one. Good luck though. VedantTalk 06:42, 11 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This is my current FAC. Would you be willing to comment? If yes, you can do so after finishing reviewing Vikram Vedha. --Kailash29792 (talk) 09:19, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I will Kailash, as soon as I find some spare time. VedantTalk 13:13, 13 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The FAC is due to be archived shortly. Please see if your comments have been resolved, and strike those which have. --Kailash29792 (talk) 07:01, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I will do that tonight. VedantTalk 08:11, 5 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If you plan on giving further comments, save them for the next time I open FAC... and you know why. --Kailash29792 (talk) 10:46, 6 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello again! I hope that you are doing well. I have been inspired with your work on film articles, and I have recently expanded the The Beautician and the Beast article; I was wondering if you could possibly gauge whether or not it would be ready for an FAC? Apologies for the inconvenience. I hope that you are having a wonderful week so far! Aoba47 (talk) 02:12, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'll surely take a look, Aoba47. Sometime this weekend? VedantTalk 12:24, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Thank you! Aoba47 (talk) 16:18, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, Aoba47. The basics look right (I'm not going into the prose just yet.), but you've missed a couple of things: technicians as cinematographer, editor etc have to be incorporated into the prose in the production section (they remain unsubstantiated otherwise); same thing for the film's runtime; also, is there a reason for putting the analysis before the production section? VedantTalk 11:58, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Thank you for the comments! I saw the "Analysis" section in this placement for some recent FACs (Resident Evil: Apocalypse and The Shawshank Redemption). I have added the missing information to the body of the article. Aoba47 (talk) 17:05, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It should be good to go then, Aoba47! Prose can be scrutinized at FAC. VedantTalk 17:00, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Thank you again for the help! Aoba47 (talk) 17:01, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The fourth round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The eight users who made it to the final round had to score a minimum of 422 points to qualify, with the top score in the round being 4869 points. The leaders in round 4 were:

• Courcelles scored a magnificent 4869 points, with 92 good articles on Olympics-related themes. Courcelles' bonus points alone exceeded the total score of any of the other contestants!
• Kees08 was second with 1155 points, including a high-scoring featured article for Neil Armstrong, two good topics and some Olympics-related good articles.
• Cas Liber, with 1066 points, was in third place this round, with two featured articles and a good article, all on natural history topics.
• Other contestants who qualified for the final round were Nova Crystallis, Iazyges, SounderBruce, Kosack and Ceranthor.

During round four, 6 featured articles and 164 good articles were promoted by WikiCup contestants, 13 articles were included in good topics and 143 good article reviews were performed. There were also 10 "in the news" contributions on the main page and 53 "did you knows". Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to 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, and let the best editor win! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:31, 1 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Fall twice, stand up thrice. I didn't let myself be drowned in sorrow of the article failing FAC second time. Would you like to re-assess the article? If so, please do here. --Kailash29792 (talk) 17:11, 28 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Vedant, been a while. How are things going on with your good self? BTW, Kailash29792 has listed this article about a 1965 cult classic film in Tamil cinema for peer reviewing with the intention of preparing it for FAC and subsequently taking it to FA. As always, your constructive comments would be deeply appreciated. Also do have a look at his other FAC. Thank you.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 08:12, 6 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is Courcelles (submissions), who over the course of the competition has amassed 147 GAs, 111 GARs, 9 DYKs, 4 FLs and 1 ITN. Our finalists were as follows:

1. Courcelles (submissions)
2. Kosack (submissions)
3. Kees08 (submissions)
4. SounderBruce (submissions)
5. Cas Liber (submissions)
6. Nova Crystallis (submissions)
7. Iazyges (submissions)
8. Ceranthor (submissions)

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

• Cas Liber (submissions) wins the FA prize, for three featured articles in round 2.
• Courcelles (submissions) wins the GA prize, for 92 good articles in round 3.
• Kosack (submissions) wins the FL prize, for five featured lists overall.
• Cartoon network freak (submissions) wins the topic prize, for 30 articles in good topics overall.
• Usernameunique (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 24 did you know articles in round 3.
• Zanhe (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 17 in the news articles overall.
• Aoba47 (submissions) wins the GAR prize, for 43 good article reviews in round 1.

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

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved much this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition.

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. The WikiCup judges will be back in touch over the coming months, and we hope to see you all in the 2019 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. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email) and Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email).

Hello and Happy New Year!

Welcome to the 2019 WikiCup, the competition begins today. If you have already joined, your submission page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and we will set up your submissions page. One important rule to remember is that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2019, and which you have nominated this year, is eligible for points in the competition, the judges will be checking! 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! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:14, 1 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your project help last year! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:43, 1 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please check out "Happy" once more, for a smile, and sharing (a Nobel Peace Prize), and resolutions. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:25, 12 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

February

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Thank you for article improvements in February! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:26, 28 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2. With 56 contestants qualifying, each group in Round 2 contains seven contestants, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for Round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining contestants.

Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

• L293D, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with ten good articles on submarines for a total of 357 points.
• Adam Cuerden, a WikiCup veteran, came next with 274 points, mostly from eight featured pictures, restorations of artwork.
• MPJ-DK, a wrestling enthusiast, was in third place with 263 points, garnered from a featured list, five good articles, two DYKs and four GARs.
• Usernameunique came next at 243, with a featured article and a good article, both on ancient helmets.
• Squeamish Ossifrage was in joint fifth place with 224 points, mostly garnered from bringing the 1937 Fox vault fire to featured article status.
• Ed! was also on 224, with an amazing number of good article reviews (56 actually).

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews on 143 good articles, one hundred more than the number of good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Well done all!

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Hi there, Vedant. Its been a while now. How are things going with you? Good I hope. Here's my latest FLC. Please feel free to leave your comments, which are constructive as always.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 07:35, 2 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, Ssven2. It's great from you. I've good, just a little preoccupied with getting an education these past few months xD. I'll definitely try and take a look at the list, but can't be too sure of when that will be. Hope everything is good with you as well? VedantTalk 19:00, 5 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Everything's good with me. Thank you for asking. Do let me know when you are leaving comments in my FLC. Thank you.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 11:07, 6 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again! I hope you are having a great week so far. I was wondering if you could provide any comments or suggestions for my FAC (linked above). I completely understand if you do not have the time or interest. I just thought that I might as well ask. Either way, have a great day and/or night! Aoba47 (talk) 03:58, 20 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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April

... with thanks from QAI

... for improving articles in April! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:31, 22 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Well, Vedant. As always, I was hoping you would drop some comments at the PR for KHNH as I wish to take this to FA. If you aren't able to make it to the PR, you can leave your comments at the FAC.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 07:32, 29 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sure thing, Ssven2. As soon as I find some spare time? VedantTalk 07:42, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Gladly, Vedant.  — Ssven2 ^{Looking at you, kid} 07:49, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The second round of the 2019 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to scored 32 points to advance into round 3. Our top four scorers in round 2 all scored over 400 points and were:

• Cas Liber (1210), our winner in 2016, with two featured articles and three DYKs. He also made good use of the bonus points available, more than doubling his score by choosing appropriate articles to work on.
• Kosack (750), last year's runner up, with an FA, a GA, two FLs, and five DYKs.
• Adam Cuerden (480), a WikiCup veteran, with 16 featured pictures, mostly restorations.
• Zwerg Nase (461), a seasoned competitor, with a FA, a GA and an ITN item.

Other notable performances were put in by Barkeep49 with six GAs, Ceranthor, Lee Vilenski, and Canada Hky, each with seven GARs, and MPJ-DK with a seven item GT.

So far contestants have achieved nine featured articles between them and a splendid 80 good articles. Commendably, 227 GARs have been completed during the course of the 2019 WikiCup, so the backlog of articles awaiting GA review has been reduced as a result of contestants' activities. The judges are pleased with the thorough GARs that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.

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Hi Vedant, long time. I have opened a peer review for Parinda which I'm hoping to take to the FA level. Please leave your comments. I also have an ongoing FLC, which you can review if interested. Thank you. Yashthepunisher (talk) 14:10, 4 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, Yash, yes it's been a while! I'll take a look as soon as I find some spare time? VedantTalk 07:44, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

May

Rapeseed
... with thanks from QAI

... for improving article quality in May! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:15, 21 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hey. I hope you are doing well. I have started peer review for India's first feature film Raja Harishchandra here. I am planning to take it to FAC in the near future. However, I dont have any previous experience with FACs so thought of putting PR first. I would appreciate if you can put your comments. - Vivvt (Talk) 07:50, 22 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The third round of the 2019 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round needed to score at least 68 points, which is substantially lower than last year's 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

• Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with 500 points derived mainly from a featured article and two GAs on natural history topics
• Adam Cuerden, with 480 points, a tally built on 16 featured pictures, the result of meticulous restoration work
• SounderBruce, a finalist in the last two years, with 306 points from a variety of submissions, mostly related to sport or the State of Washington
• Usernameunique, with 305 points derived from a featured article and two GAs on archaeology and related topics

Contestants managed 4 (5) featured articles, 4 featured lists, 18 featured pictures, 29 good articles, 50 DYK entries, 9 ITN entries, and 39 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them, and it is imperative to claim them in the correct round; one FA claim had to be rejected because it was incorrectly submitted (claimed in Round 3 when it qualified for Round 2), so be warned! When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

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May the fourth be with me, no pun intended. Since you commented on previous FACs, I hope you will do the same here. I have now shortened the article substantially. --Kailash29792 (talk) 10:37, 16 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

August

red admiral
... with thanks from QAI

... for improving articles in August! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:27, 24 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The fourth round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 454 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with over 400 points being eliminated, and all but two of the finalists having achieved an FA during the round. Casliber, our 2016 winner, was the highest point-scorer, followed by Enwebb and Lee Vilenski, who are both new to the competition. In fourth place was SounderBruce, a finalist last year. But all those points are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.

Round 4 saw the achievement of 11 featured articles. In addition, Adam Cuerden scored with 18 FPs, Lee Vilenski led the GA score with 8 GAs while Kosack performed 15 GA reviews. There were around 40 DYKs, 40 GARs and 31 GAs overall during round 4. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.

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Thank you for those edits of generosity. During the article's fourth FAC, Fowler&fowler made a mountain of hard-to-resolve comments that caused the failure. Ssven was not as active as he promised he would be, and I won't re-open the FAC until he returns or Fowler's issues are solved (he has continued to make comments in multiple sections even after the FAC, but I hope he doesn't return for the next FAC). Would you be willing to help? I even opened a PR --Kailash29792 (talk) 04:34, 20 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Kailash29792: I tried going through some of those. I agree that some of them are unintelligible, but let's see where it goes. I'll help however I can. As for PR, I'll get to it once I am reading through it again. VedantTalk 16:51, 20 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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September

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Hello. Help copy edit, the article is translated from [1]. Thanks you. Xuanfgj (talk) 01:04, 10 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, I'll see what I can do. VedantTalk 11:59, 11 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

When did you start working with the article? Xuanfgj (talk) 01:18, 14 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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October

... with thanks from QAI

... for article improvement in October! - I have a peer review open, DYK? Clara Schumann, 60 years of recitals, and what a life! See my talk today for great music that we sang yesterday. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:07, 27 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Today, I am proud of a great woman on the Main page, Márta Kurtág, finally, who has several things in common with Schumann! - Here's my ideal candidate for arbcom. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:12, 3 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

While my wait for Ssven2 continues, here's an article I'll take to FAC on my own. But to avoid problems like the ones I faced at MM, I've opened a PR. Would you be willing to post comments there? I also know the "In popular culture" section needs reduction, but I can't know what to remove per WP:IPCEXAMPLES. --Kailash29792 (talk) 11:32, 1 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

In case you missed this. --Kailash29792 (talk) 10:19, 4 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I did miss this somehow Kailash! I'll get to it soon. VedantTalk 11:01, 4 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Numerounovedant, just a gentle reminder :) Kailash29792 (talk) 13:09, 14 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The WikiCup is over for another year! Our Champion this year is Adam Cuerden (submissions), who over the course of the competition has amassed 91 featured pictures, including 32 in the final round. Our finalists this year were:

1. Adam Cuerden (submissions) with 964 points
2. Lee Vilenski (submissions) with 899 points
3. Casliber (submissions) with 817 points
4. Kosack (submissions) with 691 points
5. SounderBruce (submissions) with 388 points
6. Enwebb (submissions) with 146 points
7. Usernameunique (submissions) with 145 points
8. HaEr48 (submissions) with 74 points

All those who reached the final will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field. Awards will be handed out in the coming weeks. Please be patient!

• Casliber (submissions) wins the featured article prize, for a total of 7 FAs during the course of the competition.
• Lee Vilenski (submissions) wins the good article prize, for 14 GAs in round 5.
• Yashthepunisher (submissions) wins the featured list prize, for 4 FLs overall.
• Adam Cuerden (submissions) wins the featured picture prize, for 91 FPs overall.
• MPJ-DK (submissions) wins the topic prize, for 7 articles in good topics in round 2.
• Lee Vilenski (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 14 did you know articles in round 5.
• Muboshgu (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 7 in the news articles in round 1.
• Ed! (submissions) wins the reviewer prize, for 56 good article reviews in round 1.

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether you made it to the final rounds or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup who have achieved much this year. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition, not forgetting User:Jarry1250, who runs the scoring bot.

We have opened a scoring discussion on whether the rules and scoring need adjustment. Please have your say. Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2020 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. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth 14:18, 2 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Numerounovedant: I noticed you have removed the "Seats parameter" inside the infobox of Indian National Congress and the reasons you gave are justified. But, I noticed in other Indian political parties like Bharatiya Janata Party, Nationalist Congress Party, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Bahujan Samaj Party, and Samajwadi Party. In all these parties infobox those whole List of seats of individual states were mentioned. Will you removed those or keep them. I agree with your view it very difficult to manage particularly for mobile users. Thanks--Metatheria (talk) 06:31, 4 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, Metatheria, thanks for dropping by. I've removed the listings from BJP and CPI (M) infoboxes considering that they were long and a disruptive. I'm not too sure if the same is the case with SP and BSP. Their lists can stay? VedantTalk 09:51, 4 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Numerounovedant:, I would suggest better remove NCP, SP and BSP as well, its not only managing by mobile users but every now and then by- elections take place its very difficult to monitor them, which party losses seats or wins seats, then respective changes have to be made according to the results. Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha seats are enough.Thanks--Metatheria (talk) 04:45, 5 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It is my latest FAC. If you have time, please comment here. --Kailash29792 (talk) 06:04, 16 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, Kailash. I'm in the middle of moving places so haven't had a lot of time on wiki. I'll try and get to this and MM as soon as things are sorted in RL. Thanks for being patient. VedantTalk 12:27, 20 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. Patience is a virtue. And don't forget about Mouna Ragam. --Kailash29792 (talk) 13:57, 20 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, can you please visit the nomination page? Sorry for the late response. Yashthepunisher (talk) 11:42, 20 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I've promoted the article Yash. Congratulations on another GA. VedantTalk 12:28, 20 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanksgiving

Cassia javanica, Torremolinos
... with thanks from QAI

Happy Thanksgiving! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:25, 28 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Vedant, can you please review this article for me, if interested? Celionite (talk) 17:51, 11 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, Celionite I'm very busy in RL right now and my time here is limited. I can try to make some time, but that will only by the end of next week? VedantTalk 15:09, 15 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I've been over it for the past few months. Thank you for showing interest. Celionite (talk) 16:02, 15 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Vision in 2020

missing Brian

... for improving article quality in December! There's a peer review open for Clara Schumann and a FAC for Jauchzet, frohlocket!, DYK? We miss Brian who would have helped. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:05, 19 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy New Year, Happy New Decade and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders and improvers are welcome to take part. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. We are relaxing the rule that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2020 will count; now to be eligible for points in the competition, you must have completed significant work on the content at some time! Any questions on the rules or on anything else connected to the Cup should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. 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 move on to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:43, 1 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

January

... with thanks from QAI

... for improving articles in January! Today - 20 in 2020 - is a birthday, she is pictured on the lower choir pic, enjoy listening. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:35, 20 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

February

Alte Liebe I Will Mention the Loving-kindnesses

... and in February! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:53, 21 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

... + today's Alte Liebe became especially meaningful after yesterday's funeral. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:43, 28 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I hope nothing is keeping you busy. Apart from Mullum Malarum, I hope you can also help me at Sathi Leelavathi – either by making comments, or acting on Laser brain's comments which I cannot fulfil since he isn't specific. --Kailash29792 (talk) 10:25, 28 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 57 contestants qualifying. We have abolished the groups this year, so to qualify for Round 3 you will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two contestants.

Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

• Epicgenius, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with a featured article, five good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 895 points.
• Gog the Mild came next with 464 points, from a featured article, two good articles and a number of reviews, the main theme being naval warfare.
• Raymie was in third place with 419 points, garnered from one good article and an impressive 34 DYKs on radio and TV stations in the United States.
• Harrias came next at 414, with a featured article and three good articles, an English civil war battle specialist.
• CaptainEek was in fifth place with 405 points, mostly garnered from bringing Cactus wren to featured article status.
• The top ten contestants at the end of Round 1 all scored over 200 points; they also included L293D, Kingsif, Enwebb, Lee Vilenski and CAPTAIN MEDUSA. Seven of the top ten contestants in Round 1 are new to the WikiCup.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. In Round 1 there were four featured articles, one featured list and two featured pictures, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. Between them, contestants completed 127 good article reviews, nearly a hundred more than the 43 good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Contestants also claimed for 40 featured article / featured list reviews, and most even remembered to mention their WikiCup participation in their reviews (a requirement).

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether 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 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. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:47, 1 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There was an error in the WikiCup 2020 March newsletter; L293D should not have been included in the list of top ten scorers in Round 1 (they led the list last year), instead, Dunkleosteus77 should have been included, having garnered 334 points from five good articles on animals, living or extinct, and various reviews. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:30, 2 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's been a long time since we conversed. How are you?Krish | Talk To Me 12:04, 16 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Krish!, I have been real busy this past few months. Great to see you back! Hope everything is going okay for you as well? VedantTalk 09:29, 25 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, everything is fine and I hope you too are doing great. I have already completed an article (Andaaz) and soon be nominating it for GA. I am working on The Sky Is Pink and I wish to finish it soon. I was suppose to finish it already but I ended up using my time in watching several old films including the 2011 horror movie whose plot has come to life. Also, I am scared as hell.Krish | Talk To Me 16:11, 25 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	For your incredible dedication to writing and editing activists, Indian and international film-related articles and such. I found your vital works and decided to show an appreciation. I hope you stay committed and hopeful I will reach your level some day! IW. (talk) 21:38, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you ImmortalWizard, Margarita with a Straw is in fact my one of my most precious ones. I had a great time working on that, so thanks for noticing! VedantTalk 09:27, 25 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to this, I hope you'll have more time to help me in my current assignments including MM. --Kailash29792 (talk) 15:33, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That's the plan Kailash. VedantTalk 09:37, 25 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

or: the resurrection of loving-kindness --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:47, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Right back at you Gerda! VedantTalk 08:03, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Would you please help in a discussion on Chopra's page? Last time you did not answered to my ping. Please help in the discussion.Krish | Talk To Me 18:45, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I see that you already have a few people discussing the issue. Let me see what I can add to that Krish. VedantTalk 14:43, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Three of Chopra's acclaimed performances are being shown as "mixed" by that editor. And, a largely positive reviewed-performance is being shown as outright negative. Even her performance in Barfi and Mary Kom which are highly acclaimed are being framed in a way to show that those had mixed reception (a tad showy for the former and trashy screenplay for the latter even when the film has 83% on RT). This undue weight of "tad showy (one editor's claim) and trashy screenplay (another ones's;not even relevant in her article) is a complete violation of Wikipedia rules. I mean how it is being allowed to show positive-reviewed performances as "negative and mixed"? Is it not against Wikipedia guidelines? I just don't understand. Also two section names were changed to remove the word "success" from her articles yet Kareena Kapoor, Deepika Padukone and rest of Bollywood actresses have these words plastered all over. A complete violation of NPOV when comes to Chopra's article. And all these things were fine till 2018 and then the editor changed it on his WP:OWN without a discussion or anything. Why was there a need to change an article which has been an FA for over 5 years? Plus the mention of her philanthropic work was removed from lead and I am not allowed to edit this article without the permission of that editor. How is this fair when all these things are against Wikipedia guidelines?Krish | Talk To Me 16:30, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mouna Ragam, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Kailash29792 (talk) 09:19, 18 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Just a gentle reminder :) Kailash29792 (talk) 06:50, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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

Our top scorers in round 2 were:

• Epicgenius, with 2333 points from one featured article, forty-five good articles, fourteen DYKs and plenty of bonus points
• Gog the Mild, with 1784 points from three featured articles, eight good articles, a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews and lots of bonus points
• The Rambling Man, with 1262 points from two featured articles, eight good articles and a hundred good article reviews
• Harrias, with 1141 points from two featured articles, three featured lists, ten good articles, nine DYKs and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews
• Lee Vilenski with 869 points, Hog Farm with 801, Kingsif with 719, SounderBruce with 710, Dunkleosteus77 with 608 and MX with 515.

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

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth. - MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:44, 1 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Would you like to review The Sky Is Pink? I would appreciate it.Krish | Talk To Me 06:58, 7 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hey! This is my second attempt at FA and you helped it improve in the last FAC. I'm sure you have a lot to say about the article. I would appreciate your inputs this time as well. Thanks!Krish | Talk To Me 14:43, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'll try and take a look Krish!. VedantTalk 14:56, 24 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again. I hope you are doing well and staying healthy. If you have the time, I would greatly appreciate any feedback for my peer review for the article on The Beautician and the Beast. I would like to put it up for a FAC sometime in the future, but before I do that, I want to make sure it is in the best possible shape. I've gotten quite nervous about putting up FACs as of late. Aoba47 (talk) 02:16, 20 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Aoba47, I'll try and find some time to go over the article soon. VedantTalk 14:55, 24 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Apologies for the random request. Aoba47 (talk) 15:52, 24 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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June

Vespro della Beata Vergine

Thank you for improving articles in June. I can proudly present a FA, quite a gift after a year without, and a FL is in the making, comments welcome. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:48, 21 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The third round of the 2020 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it into the fourth round each had at least 353 points (compared to 68 in 2019). It was a highly competitive round, and a number of contestants were eliminated who would have moved on in earlier years. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

• Epicgenius, with one featured article, 28 good articles and 17 DYKs, amassing 1836 points
• The Rambling Man , with 1672 points gained from four featured articles and seventeen good articles, plus reviews of a large number of FACs and GAs
• Gog the Mild, a first time contestant, with 1540 points, a tally built largely on 4 featured articles and related bonus points.

Between them, contestants managed 14 featured articles, 9 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 152 good articles, 136 DYK entries, 55 ITN entries, 65 featured article candidate reviews and 221 good article reviews. Additionally, MPJ-DK added 3 items to featured topics and 44 to good topics. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 710 good article reviews, in comparison to 387 good articles submitted for review and promoted. These large numbers are probably linked to a GAN backlog drive in April and May, and the changed patterns of editing during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:34, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

July

pale globe-thistle above the Rhine

Thank you for improving articles in July! Now a FTN is open. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:27, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sathi Leelavathi (1936 film), an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Kailash29792 (talk) 09:48, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The fourth round of the competition has finished, with 865 points being required to qualify for the final round, nearly twice as many points as last year. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with 598 and 605 points being eliminated, and all but two of the contestants who reached the final round having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

• Bloom6132, with 1478 points gained mainly from 5 featured lists, 12 DYKs and 63 in the news items;
• HaEr48 with 1318 points gained mainly from 2 featured articles, 5 good articles and 8 DYKs;
• Lee Vilenski with 1201 points mainly gained from 2 featured articles and 10 good articles.

Between them, contestants achieved 14 featured articles, 14 featured lists, 2 featured pictures, 87 good articles, 90 DYK entries, 75 ITN entries, 95 featured article candidate reviews and 81 good article reviews. Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:52, 1 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

September

Dahlias in Walsdorf

Thank you for improving articles in September! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:25, 21 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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The 2020 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round going down to the wire. Our new Champion is Lee Vilenski (submissions), the runner-up last year, who was closely followed by Gog the Mild (submissions). In the final round, Lee achieved 4 FAs and 30 GAs, mostly on cue sport topics, while Gog achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on important battles and wars, which earned him a high number of bonus points. The Rambling Man (submissions) was in third place with 4 FAs and 8 GAs on football topics, with Epicgenius (submissions) close behind with 19 GAs and 16 DYK's, his interest being the buildings of New York.

The other finalists were Hog Farm (submissions), HaEr48 (submissions), Harrias (submissions) and Bloom6132 (submissions). The final round was very productive, and besides 15 FAs, contestants achieved 75 FAC reviews, 88 GAs and 108 GAN reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.

• Gog the Mild (submissions) wins the featured article prize, for a total of 14 FAs during the course of the competition.
• Bloom6132 (submissions) win the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in round 4.
• Rhododendrites (submissions) wins the featured picture prize, for 3 FPs in round 3 and 5 overall.
• Lee Vilenski (submissions) wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 23 FAC reviews in round 5.
• Epicgenius (submissions) wins the good article prize, for 45 GAs in round 2 and 113 overall.
• MPJ-DK (submissions) wins the topic prize, for 33 articles in good topics in round 2.
• The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the good article reviewer prize, for 100 good article reviews in round 2.
• Epicgenius (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 22 Did you know articles in round 4 and 94 overall.
• Bloom6132 (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 63 In the news articles in round 4 and 136 overall.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2021 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. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:38, 3 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Numerounovedant,

I wanted to reach out to you in regards to building a new Wikipedia page. please let me know if we can work together.

thanks! Achintmaniar27 (talk) 16:58, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

November

Thank you for article work in November! Look today at BB music, a little crusade of mine ;) - his birthday on St Cecilia's day, patron saint of music. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:49, 22 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. 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 move on to round 2. We thank Vanamonde93 and Godot13, who have retired as judges, and we thank them for their past dedication. The judges for the WikiCup this year are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:11, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I tried to give 2021 a good start by updating the QAI project topics. Please check and correct, - did you know that - at almost five years - you belong to the project's "oldest" active members? For moar private "happy new year" see here. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:29, 6 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Today: Jerome Kohl, remembered in friendship --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:07, 28 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Round 1 of the competition has finished; it was a high-scoring round with 21 contestants scoring more than 100 points. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 55 contestants qualifying. You will need to finish among the top thirty-two contestants in Round 2 if you are to qualify for Round 3. Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

• Epicgenius led the field with a featured article, nine good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 945 points.
• Bloom6132 was close behind with 896 points, largely gained from 71 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.
• ImaginesTigers, who has been editing Wikipedia for less than a year, was in third place with 711 points, much helped by bringing League of Legends to featured article status, exemplifying how bonus points can boost a contestant's score.
• Amakuru came next with 708 points, Kigali being another featured article that scored maximum bonus points.
• Ktin, new to the WikiCup, was in fifth place with 523 points, garnered from 15 DYKs and 34 "In the news" items.
• The Rambling Man scored 511 points, many from featured article candidate reviews and from football related DYKs.
• Gog the Mild, last year's runner-up, came next with 498 points, from a featured article and numerous featured article candidate reviews.
• Hog Farm, at 452, scored for a featured article, four good articles and a number of reviews.
• Le Panini, another newcomer to the WikiCup, scored 438 for a featured article and three good articles.
• Lee Vilenski, last year's champion, scored 332 points, from a featured article and various other sport-related topics.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. In Round 1, contestants achieved eight featured articles, three featured lists and one featured picture, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. They completed 97 good article reviews, nearly double the 52 good articles they claimed. Contestants also claimed for 135 featured article and featured list candidate reviews. There is no longer a requirement to mention your WikiCup participation when undertaking these reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article candidate, a featured process, or something else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.

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The second round of the 2021 WikiCup has now finished; it was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 61 points to advance to Round 3. There were some impressive efforts in the round, with the top eight contestants all scoring more than 400 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 110 good articles achieved in total by contestants, as well as the 216 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.

Our top scorers in Round 2 were:

• The Rambling Man, with 2963 points from three featured articles, 20 featured article reviews, 37 good articles, 73 good article reviews, as well as 22 DYKs.
• Epicgenius, with 1718 points from one featured article, 29 good articles, 16 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.
• Bloom6132, with 990 points from 13 DYKs and 64 "In the news" items, mostly recent deaths.
• Hog Farm, with 834 points from two featured articles, five good articles, 14 featured article reviews and 15 good article reviews.
• Gog the Mild, with 524 points from two featured articles and four featured article reviews.
• Lee Vilenski, with 501 points from one featured article, three good articles, six featured article reviews and 25 good article reviews.
• Sammi Brie, with 485 points from four good articles, eight good article reviews and 27 DYKs, on US radio and television stations.
• Ktin, with 436 points from four good articles, seven DYKs and 11 "In the news" items.

Please remember that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of Round 2 but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in Round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (except for at the end of each round, when you must claim them before the cut-off date/time). When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

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The third round of the 2021 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 294 points, and our top six scorers all had over 600 points. They were:

• The Rambling Man, with 1825 points from 3 featured articles, 44 featured article reviews, 14 good articles, 30 good article reviews and 10 DYKs. In addition, he completed a 34-article good topic on the EFL Championship play-offs.
• Epicgenius, a New York specialist, with 1083 points from 2 featured article reviews, 18 good articles, 30 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.
• Bloom6132, with 869 points from 11 DYKs, all with bonus points, and 54 "In the news" items, mostly covering people who had recently died.
• Gog the Mild, with 817 points from 3 featured articles on historic battles in Europe, 5 featured article reviews and 3 good articles.
• Hog Farm, with 659 points from 2 featured articles and 2 good articles on American Civil War battles, 18 featured article reviews, 2 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 4 DYKs.
• BennyOnTheLoose, a snooker specialist and new to the Cup, with 647 points from a featured article, 2 featured article reviews, 6 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 3 DYKs.

In round three, contestants achieved 19 featured articles, 7 featured lists, 106 featured article reviews, 72 good articles, 1 good topic, 62 good article reviews, 165 DYKs and 96 ITN items. We enter the fourth round with scores reset to zero; any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (one contestant in round 3 lost out because of this). When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

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The fourth round of the competition has finished with over 500 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants, The Rambling Man and Epicgenius, each scoring over 3000 points, and six contestants scoring over 1000. All but one of the finalists achieved one or more FAs during the round, the exception being Bloom6132 who demonstrated that 61 "in the news" items produces an impressive number of points. Other contestants who made it to the final are Gog the Mild, Lee Vilenski, BennyOnTheLoose, Amakuru and Hog Farm. However, all their points are now swept away and everyone starts afresh in the final round.

Round 4 saw the achievement of 18 featured articles and 157 good articles. Bilorv scored for a 25-article good topic on Black Mirror but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the final round. There was enthusiasm for FARs, with 89 being performed, and there were 63 GARs and around 100 DYKs during the round. As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it to the final round; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For other contestants, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.

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The WikiCup is over for another year and the finalists can relax! Our Champion this year is The Rambling Man (submissions), who amassed over 5000 points in the final round, achieving 8 featured articles and almost 500 reviews. It was a very competitive round; seven of the finalists achieved over 1000 points in the round (enough to win the 2019 contest), and three scored over 3000 (enough to win the 2020 event). Our 2021 finalists and their scores were:

1. The Rambling Man (submissions) with 5072 points
2. Lee Vilenski (submissions) with 3276 points
3. Amakuru (submissions) with 3197 points
4. Epicgenius (submissions) with 1611 points
5. Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1571 points
6. BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 1420 points
7. Hog Farm (submissions) with 1043 points
8. Bloom6132 (submissions) with 528 points

All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.

• The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the featured article prize, for 8 FAs in round 5.
• Lee Vilenski (submissions) wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 5.
• Gog the Mild (submissions) wins the featured topic prize, for 13 articles in a featured topic in round 5.
• Epicgenius (submissions) wins the good article prize, for 63 GAs in round 4.
• The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the good topic prize, for 86 articles in good topics in round 5.
• The Rambling Man (submissions) wins the reviewer prize, for 68 FAC reviews and 213 GAN reviews, both in round 5.
• Epicgenius (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 30 did you know articles in round 3 and 105 overall.
• Bloom6132 (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 71 in the news articles in round 1 and 284 overall.

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the WikiCup, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. Thanks to all who have taken part and helped out with the competition, not forgetting User:Jarry1250, who runs the scoring bot.

If you have views on whether the rules or scoring need adjustment for next year's contest, please comment on the WikiCup talk page. Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2022 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. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:55, 3 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. 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 move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:37, 5 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. 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 move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:02, 5 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The article The Hindu Metroplus Theater Fest has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

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And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

• Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.
• AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.
• Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.
• GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.
• Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.
• SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.
• Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.

These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether 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 Needed.

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. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:07, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 2 June 2022. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 2022, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/June 2022. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work!—Wehwalt (talk) 15:30, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The second round of the 2022 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 115 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top seven contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 11 featured articles and the 79 good articles achieved in total by contestants.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:

1. Epicgenius, with 1264 points from 2 featured article, 4 good articles and 18 DYKs. Epicgenius was a finalist last year but has now withdrawn from the contest as he pursues a new career path.
2. AryKun, with 1172 points from two featured articles, one good article and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews.
3. Bloom6132, with 605 points from 44 in the news items and 4 DYKs.
4. Sammi Brie, with 573 points from 8 GAs and 21 DYKs.
5. Ealdgyth, with 567 points from 11 GAs and 34 good and featured article reviews.
6. Panini!, with 549 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and several other sources.
7. Lee Vilenski, with 545 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and a number of reviews.

The rules for featured and good article reviews require the review to be of sufficient length; brief quick fails and very short reviews will generally not be awarded points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

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hello, Vedant! i had a quick question regarding this article and the associated blurb. was the award the film won at the 2016 tlvfest actually called "Audience Award for Best Feature Film"? the iffk source cited lists the film as "Winner! Audience Award, Best Feature", but tlvfest's own list of awards in 2016 simply mentions it as "TLVFest Audience Award".

looking through tlvfest's archives, i noticed that in 2014 and in 2015, the award appears to have been simply named "Audience Award", while in 2018, the award was listed as "Audience award – Sponsored by OUTtv – 500 euro". (there does not appear to have been an audience award in 2017.) in 2019, a distinction was made when two audience awards were presented, an "Audience award for Narrative Feature" and an "Audience award for Documentary Feature", neither of which uses the phrase "Best Feature Film".

i was thinking of dropping "for Best Feature Film" from the blurb to conform with tlvfest's archives, but had wanted to get your opinion first. dying (talk) 03:34, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

hey dying Yeah, makes sense. We can drop the "for Best Feature Film" bit. VedantTalk 08:15, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

done. thanks, Vedant! dying (talk) 23:10, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

June songs

Thank you today for the article "about an Indian film that was released on Netflix"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:09, 2 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Precious

Six years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:54, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you today for Margarita with a Straw, "about an Indian film starring Kalki Koechlin"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 02:58, 3 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The third round of the 2022 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 180 points, which is a lower figure than last year when 294 points were needed to progress to round 4. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

• BennyOnTheLoose, with 746 points, a tally built both on snooker and other sports topics, and on more general subjects.
• Bloom6132, with 683 points, garnered mostly from "In the news" items and related DYKs.
• Sammi Brie, with 527, from a variety of submissions related to radio and television stations.

Between them contestants achieved 5 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 51 good articles, 149 DYK entries, 68 ITN entries, and 109 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

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The fourth round of the WikiCup has now finished. 383 points were required to reach the final, and the new round has got off to a flying start with all finalists already scoring. In round 4, Bloom6132 with 939 points was the highest points-scorer, with a combination of DYKs and In the news items, followed by BennyOnTheLoose, Sammi Brie and Lee Vilenski. The points of all contestants are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.

At this stage, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For the remaining competitors, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them, and importantly, before the deadline on October 31st!

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The 2022 WikiCup has drawn to a close with the final round going down to the wire. The 2022 champion is

• Lee Vilenski (1752 points), who won in 2020 and was runner up in both 2019 and last year. In the final round he achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on cue sports. He was closely followed by
• Bloom6132 (1732), who specialised in "In the news" items and DYKs, and who has reached the final round of the Cup for the past three years. Next was
• BennyOnTheLoose (1238), another cue sports enthusiast, also interested in songs, followed by
• Muboshgu (1082), an "In the news" contributor, a seasoned contestant who first took part in the Cup ten years ago. Other finalists were
• Sammi Brie (930), who scored with a featured article, good articles and DYKs on TV and radio stations,
• Kavyansh.Singh (370), who created various articles on famous Americans, including an FA on Louis H. Bean, famed for his prediction of election outcomes. Next was
• PCN02WPS (292), who scored with good articles and DYKs on sporting and other topics and
• Z1720 (25) who had DYKs on various topics including historic Canadians.

During the WikiCup, contestants achieved 37 featured articles, 349 good articles, 360 featured article reviews, 683 good article reviews and 480 In the news items, so Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors. Well done everyone! All those who reached the final round will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or the overall leader in this field.

• Lee Vilenski wins the featured article prize, for a total of 6 FAs during the course of the competition and 3 in the final round.
• Kavyansh.Singh wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 2.
• Adam Cuerden wins the featured picture prize, for 39 FPs during the competition.
• Z1720 wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 35 FARs in round 4.
• Epicgenius wins the good article prize, for 32 GAs in round 1.
• SounderBruce wins the featured topic prize, for 4 FT articles in round 1.
• Lee Vilenski wins the good topic prize, for 34 GT articles in round 5.
• Sammi Brie wins the good article reviewer prize, for 71 GARs overall.
• Sammi Brie wins the Did you know prize, for 30 DYKs in round 3 and 106 overall.
• Bloom6132 wins the In the news prize, for 106 ITNs in round 5 and 289 overall.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January and possible changes to the rules and scoring are being discussed on the discussion page. You are invited to sign up to take part in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to have a good turnout for the 2023 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners and finalists, 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. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:28, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2023 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. 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 move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:16, 1 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

January songs

happy new year

-- Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:19, 26 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

So ends the first round of the 2023 WikiCup. Everyone with a positive score moved on to Round 2, with 54 contestants qualifying. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

• Unlimitedlead with 1205 points, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with two featured articles on historical figures and several featured article candidate reviews.
• Epicgenius was in second place with 789 points; a seasoned WikiCup competitor he specialises in buildings and locations in New York.
• FrB.TG was in third place with 625 points, garnered from a featured article on a filmmaker which qualified for an impressive number of bonus points.
• TheJoebro64, another WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points gained from two featured articles on video games.
• Iazyges was in fifth place with 532 points, from two featured articles on classical history.

The top sixteen contestants at the end of Round 1 had all scored over 300 points; these included LunaEatsTuna, Thebiguglyalien, Sammi Brie, Trainsandotherthings, Lee Vilenski, Juxlos, Unexpectedlydian, SounderBruce, Kosack, BennyOnTheLoose and PCN02WPS. It was a high-scoring start to the competition.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. The first round finished on February 26. Remember that any content promoted after that date but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether 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 Needed.

If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to 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. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:36, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The second round of the 2023 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to have scored 60 points to advance into round 3. Our top five scorers in round 2 all included a featured article among their submissions and each scored over 500 points. They were:

• Iazyges (1040) with three FAs on Byzantine emperors, and lots of bonus points.
• Unlimitedlead (847), with three FAs on ancient history, one GA and nine reviews.
• Epicgenius (636), a WikiCup veteran, with one FA on the New Amsterdam Theatre, four GAs and eleven DYKs
• BennyOnTheLoose (553), a seasoned competitor, with one FA on snooker, six GAs and seven reviews.
• FrB.TG (525), with one FA, a Lady Gaga song and a mass of bonus points.

Other notable performances were put in by Sammi Brie, Thebiguglyalien, MyCatIsAChonk, PCN02WPS, and AirshipJungleman29.

So far contestants have achieved thirteen featured articles between them, one being a joint effort, and forty-nine good articles. The judges are pleased with the thorough reviews that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:15, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Track and field has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 20:18, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The third round of the 2023 WikiCup has come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 175 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

• Thebiguglyalien, with 919 points from a featured article on Frances Cleveland as well as five good articles and many reviews,
• Unlimitedlead, with 862 points from a high-scoring featured articles on Henry II of England and numerous reviews,
• Iazyges, with 560 points from a high-scoring featured article on Tiberius III.

Contestants achieved 11 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 47 good articles, 72 featured or good article reviews, over 100 DYKs and 40 ITN appearances. As always, any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:18, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

July songs

On today's Main page, you can find a cantata that Bach first performed 300 years ago (thanks to you!), and an iconic saxophonist from East Germany. Also: a bit about the history of QAI on my talk. Thank you for being part of it! A new member designed a user box that I adopted. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:54, 18 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

While today's DYK highlights Santiago on his day, I did my modest share with my story today, describing what I just experienced, pictured. I began the article of the woman in green. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:09, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

August songs

my story today

Thank you for improving articles in August! - Today, my focus is on Renata Scotto, after days of updating.

Today is Debussy's birthday. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:21, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The fourth round of the competition has finished, with anyone scoring less than 673 points being eliminated. It was a high scoring round with all but one of the contestants who progressed to the final having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

• Epicgenius, with 2173 points topping the scores, gained mainly from a featured article, 38 good articles and 9 DYKs. He was followed by
• Sammi Brie, with 1575 points, gained mainly from a featured article, 28 good articles and 50 good article reviews. Close behind was
• Thebiguglyalien, with 1535 points mainly gained from a featured article, 15 good articles, 26 good article reviews and lots of bonus points.

Between them during round 4, contestants achieved 12 featured articles, 3 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 126 good articles, 46 DYK entries, 14 ITN entries, 67 featured article candidate reviews and 147 good article reviews. Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them and within 24 hours of the end of the final. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.

I will be standing down as a judge after the end of the contest. I think the Cup encourages productive editors to improve their contributions to Wikipedia and I hope that someone else will step up to take over the running of the Cup. Sturmvogel 66 (talk), and Cwmhiraeth (talk)

The WikiCup is a marathon rather than a sprint and all those reaching the final round have been involved in the competition for the last ten months, improving Wikipedia vastly during the process. After all this hard work, BeanieFan11 has emerged as the 2023 winner and the WikiCup Champion. The finalists this year were:-

• BeanieFan11 with 2582 points
• Thebiguglyalien with 1615 points
• Epicgenius with 1518 points
• MyCatIsAChonk with 1012 points
• BennyOnTheLoose with 974 points
• AirshipJungleman29 with 673 points
• Sammi Brie with 520 points
• Unlimitedlead with 5 points

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the competition, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.

• Unlimitedlead wins the featured article prize, for 7 FAs in total including 3 in round 2.
• MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in total.
• Lee Vilenski wins the featured topic prize, for a 6-article featured topic in round 4.
• MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured picture prize, for 6 FPs in total.
• BeanieFan11 wins the good article prize, for 75 GAs in total, including 61 in the final round.
• Epicgenius wins the good topic prize, for a 41-article good topic in the final round.
• LunaEatsTuna wins the GA reviewer prize, for 70 GA reviews in round 1.
• MyCatIsAChonk wins the FA reviewer prize, for 66 FA reviews in the final round.
• Epicgenius wins the DYK prize, for 49 did you know articles in total.
• Muboshgu wins the ITN prize, for 46 in the news articles in total.

The WikiCup has run every year since 2007. With the 2023 contest now concluded, I will be standing down as a judge due to real life commitments, so I hope that another editor will take over running the competition. Please get in touch if you are interested. Next year's competition will hopefully begin on 1 January 2024. You are invited to sign up to participate in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors. It only remains to congratulate our worthy winners once again and thank all participants for their involvement! (If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.) Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:51, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Edits and comments on the blurb are welcome. I'm thinking of running this at TFA on January 28; does that work for you? - Dank (push to talk) 22:30, 28 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2024 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close on 31 January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius (talk · contribs · email), and Frostly (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:21, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

story · music · places

Thank you today for Nicholas Hoult, about the British actor! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:25, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Today a friend's birthday, with related music and a few new vacation pics --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:11, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dear sir,

I have created a page can you guide me? Mayamam123 (talk) 05:29, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017.

Our current leader is newcomer Generalissima (submissions), who has one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher) and 10 GAs and 12 DYKs mostly on New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), with one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, and two DYKs;
• Vami_IV (submissions), with one FA on Doom (2016 video game), one GA on Boundary Fire (2017), and 11 reviews;
• MaranoFan (submissions), with one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and two DYKs;
• Skyshifter (submissions), with one FA on OneShot and one DYK;
• Sammi Brie (submissions), with five GAs and five DYKs on television and radio stations;
• voorts (submissions) and Elli (submissions), both with one FA and one DYK each.

As a reminder, competitors may submit work for the first round until 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February, and the second round starts 1 March. Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round; currently, competitors need at least 15 points to progress. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:58, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2.

The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points:

• Generalissima (submissions), who has 916 points mostly from one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher), 15 GAs, and 16 DYKs on a variety of topics including New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures, in addition to seven reviews
• Vami_IV (submissions), who has 790 points from two FAs on Felix M. Warburg House and Doom (2016 video game), two GAs, one DYK, and 11 reviews
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who has 580 points from one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, two DYKs, and five reviews
• Sammi Brie (submissions), who has 420 points mostly from nine GAs and seven DYKs on television and radio stations
• MaranoFan (submissions), who has 351 points from one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and three DYKs
• Skyshifter (submissions), who has 345 points from one FA on OneShot, one DYK and two reviews

In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to Vami_IV (submissions), who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five A-class articles, eight other good articles, and two Four Awards. Vami also wrote an essay on completionism, a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his to-do list.

Remember that any content promoted after 27 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether 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 Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:41, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round.

Our current top scorers are as follows:

• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 642 points, mostly from 11 GAs about radio and television;
• voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two FAs (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three GAs;
• Generalissima (submissions) with 523 points, mostly from 11 GAs about coinage and history;
• SounderBruce (submissions) with 497 points, mostly from a FA about the 2020 season of the soccer club Seattle Sounders FC and two GAs;
• Tamzin (submissions) with 410 points, mostly from a FA about the drink Capri-Sun and three GAs;
• Kusma (submissions) with 330 points, mostly from a FA about the English botanist Anna Blackburne and a GA.

Competitors may submit work for the second round until the end of 28 April, and the third round starts 1 May. Remember that only competitors with the top 32 scores will make it through to the third round. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs. As a reminder, competitors are strictly prohibited from gaming Wikipedia policies or processes to receive more points.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please read Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:06, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

story · music · places

Thank you for improving article quality in April! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:34, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The second round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 April. This round was particularly competitive: each of the 32 contestants who advanced to Round 3 scored at least 141 points. This is the highest number of points required to advance to Round 3 since 2014.

The following scorers in Round 2 all scored more than 500 points:

• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 707 points, mostly from 45 good article nomination reviews and 12 good articless about radio and television;
• Generalissima (submissions) with 600 points, mostly from 12 good articles and 12 did you know nominations about coinage and history;
• SounderBruce (submissions) with 552 points, mostly from a featured article about the 2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, three featured lists, and two good articles;
• BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 548 points, mostly from a featured article about the snooker player John Pulman, two featured lists, and one good article;
• voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two featured articles (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three good articles.

The full scores for Round 2 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76 in the news credits and at least 200 did you know credits. They have conducted 165 featured article reviews, as well as 399 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 21 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed during Round 3, which starts on 1 May at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether 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 Needed.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:38, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I hope you're still checking this page ... I remember when we worked on this one at FAC. It's never run on the Main Page ... would July 31 work for you? - Dank (push to talk) 06:00, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Don't know how active he is these days, but I vote yes. Kailash29792 (talk) 06:16, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thx Kailash, good to hear from you too. - Dank (push to talk) 13:48, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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

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

• Generalissima (submissions) with 1,059 points, mostly from 1 featured article on DeLancey W. Gill, 11 good articles, 18 did you know nominations, and dozens of reviews;
• Skyshifter (submissions) with 673 points, mostly from 2 featured articles on Worlds (Porter Robinson album) and I'm God, 5 good articles, and 2 did you know nominations;
• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 557 points, mostly from 1 featured article on KNXV-TV, 5 good articles, and 8 did you know nominations; and
• AryKun (submissions) with 415 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Great cuckoo-dove, with a high number of bonus points from that article.

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

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

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:30, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Precious

Eight years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:59, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

story · music · places

Thank you for improving article quality in July! - Today's story is about a photographer who took iconic pictures, especially View from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Manhattan, 9/11, yesterday's was a great mezzo, and on Thursday we watched a sublime ballerina. If that's not enough my talk offers chamber music from two amazing concerts. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:51, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you today for Nil Battey Sannata, "about a 2016 Bollywood film, which was an independent production that incidently got the backing of a big distribution house"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:25, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Main Page history/2024 July 30b had a baritone, a violinist, a composer and a Bach cantata, - almost too much, and the composer's article, Wolfgang Rihm, improved much over the last days, could still grow. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:47, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The fourth round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 29 August. Each of the 8 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 472 points, and the following contestants scored more than 700 points:

• Generalissima (submissions) with 1,150 points, mostly from 3 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 7 good articles, and 13 did you know nominations;
• Arconning (submissions) with 791 points, mostly from 2 featured lists, 8 good articles, 4 did you know nominations, and plenty of reviews;
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 718 points, mostly from a high-multiplier featured article on Genghis Khan and 2 good articles; and
• BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 714 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Susanna Hoffs, 2 featured lists, and 3 good articles.

Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated. Contestants put in extraordinary amounts of effort during this round, and their scores can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 36 featured articles, 55 featured lists, 15 good articles, 93 in the news credits, and at least 333 did you know credits. They have conducted 357 featured content reviews, as well as 553 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 30 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed during Round 5, which starts on 1 September at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. If two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Remember to claim your points within 14 days of earning them, and importantly, before the deadline on 31 October.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:12, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The 2024 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round being a very tight race. Our new champion is AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who scored 2,283 points mainly through 3 high-multiplier FAs and 3 GAs on military history topics. By a 1% margin, Airship beat out last year's champion, BeanieFan11 (submissions), who scored second with 2,264 points, mainly from an impressive 58 GAs about athletes. In third place, Generalissima (submissions) scored 1,528 points, primarily from two FAs on U.S. Librarians of Congress and 20 GAs about various historical topics. Our other finalists are: Sammi Brie (submissions) with 879 points, Hey man im josh (submissions) with 533 points, BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 432 points, Arconning (submissions) with 244 points, and AryKun (submissions) with 15 points. Congratulations to our finalists and all who participated!

The final round was very productive, and contestants had 7 FAs, 9 FLs, 94 GAs, 73 FAC reviews, and 79 GAN reviews and peer reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.

• Generalissima (submissions) wins the featured article prize for 3 FAs in round 4, and 7 FAs overall.
• Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured list prize for 23 FLs overall.
• MaranoFan (submissions) wins the featured topic prize for 9 articles in featured topics in round 1.
• Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured content reviewer prize for 110 FA/FL reviews overall.
• BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the good article prize for 58 GAs in round 5, and 70 GAs overall.
• Fritzmann (submissions) wins the good topic prize for 6 articles in good topics in round 2.
• Sammi Brie (submissions) wins the good article reviewer prize for 45 GA reviews in round 2, and 78 GA reviews overall.
• BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 131 Did you know articles overall.
• Muboshgu (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 15 In the news articles in round 1, and 36 overall.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2025 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. Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:49, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

story · music · places

Thank you for improving articles in November! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:01, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I uploaded pics of a trip that was a 10-day celebration of a 16 November event, but the day was also when a dear friend died. We sang Hevenu shalom aleichem at his funeral yesterday, and it was good. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:21, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2025 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor, we hope the WikiCup will give you a chance to improve your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page.

For the 2025 WikiCup, we've implemented several changes to the scoring system. The highest-ranking contestants will now receive tournament points at the end of each round, and final rankings are decided by the number of tournament points each contestant has. If you're busy and can't sign up in January, don't worry: Signups are now open throughout the year. To make things fairer for latecomers, the lowest-scoring contestants will no longer be eliminated at the end of each round.

The first round will end on 26 February. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius (talk · contribs · email), Frostly (talk · contribs · email), Guerillero (talk · contribs · email) and Lee Vilenski (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:14, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]