AfroCine: Join us for the Months of African Cinema in October![edit]

Greetings! You are receiving this message because your username or portal was listed as a participant of a WikiProject that is related to Africa, the Carribean, Cinema or theatre. This is to introduce you to a new Wikiproject called AfroCine. This new project is dedicated to improving the Wikipedia coverage of the history, works, people, places, events, etc, that are associated with the cinema, theatre and arts of Africa, African countries, the carribbean, and the diaspora. If you would love to be part of this or you're already contributing in this area, kindly list your name as a participant on the project page here. Furthermore, In the months of October and November, the WikiProject is organizing a global on-wiki contest and edit-a-thon tagged: The Months of African Cinema. If you would love to join us for this exciting event, also list your username as a participant for this event here. In preparation for the contest, please do suggest relevant articles that need to be created or expanded in different countries, during this event! If you have any questions, complaints, suggestions, etc., please reach out to me personally on my talkpage! Cheers!--Jamie Tubers (talk) 20:50, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 37, 2018)[edit]

The People's Republic of Angola covers the period of Angolan history as a self-declared socialist state established in 1975 to the time it was dismantled in 1992. Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: People's Republic of Angola Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Jahangir • Public good Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 10 September 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced[edit]

G'day everyone, voting for the 2018 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:35, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 38, 2018)[edit]

Musicians at a pub session, an event that involves playing music and/or singing in the relaxed social setting of a local pub, in which the music-making is intermingled with the consumption of ale, stout, and beer and conversation. Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Pub session Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: People's Republic of Angola • Jahangir Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:17, 17 September 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 39, 2018)[edit]

St. Louis-style pizza is an example of St. Louis cuisine. Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: St. Louis cuisine Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Pub session • People's Republic of Angola Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 24 September 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

Have your say![edit]

Hi everyone, just a quick reminder that voting for the WikiProject Military history coordinator election closes soon. You only have a day or so left to have your say about who should make up the coordination team for the next year. If you have already voted, thanks for participating! If you haven't and would like to, vote here before 23:59 UTC on 28 September. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:29, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 40, 2018)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: History of American football positions Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: St. Louis cuisine • Pub session Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 1 October 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

The Signpost: 1 October 2018[edit]

Welcome to the Months of African Cinema![edit]

Greetings! The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which has been dedicated to improving contents that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. This is a global online edit-a-thon, which is happening in at least 5 language editions of Wikipedia, including the English Wikipedia! Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section, if you haven't done so already. On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing Users who are able to achieve the following: Overall winner (1st, 2nd, 3rd places) Country Winners Diversity winner High quality contributors Gender-gap fillers Page improvers Wikidata Translators For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 22:50, 03 October 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 41, 2018)[edit]

An herb garden. Herbs are plants with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, in medicine, or as fragrances. Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Herb Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: History of American football positions • St. Louis cuisine Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 8 October 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 42, 2018)[edit]

Long Island Iced Tea is a cocktail made with vodka, tequila, light rum, triple sec, gin, and a splash of cola. Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Cocktail Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Herb • History of American football positions Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:07, 15 October 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2018)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Latin music (genre) Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Cocktail • Herb Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 22 October 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

The Signpost: 28 October 2018[edit]

This week's article for improvement (week 44, 2018)[edit]

A view of the Gulf of Alaska from space. Notice the swirling sediment in the waters. Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Gulf of Alaska Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Latin music (genre) • Cocktail Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 29 October 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

WikiCup 2018 November newsletter[edit]

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).

This week's article for improvement (week 45, 2018)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Civics Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Gulf of Alaska • Latin music (genre) Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 5 November 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 46, 2018)[edit]

Distribution map of modern man (Horniman Museum) Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Mongoloid Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Civics • Gulf of Alaska Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 12 November 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 47, 2018)[edit]

The Equator on the world map of the Earth Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Equator Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Mongoloid • Civics Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 19 November 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

ArbCom 2018 election voter message[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

Can you offer your opinion in this discussion?[edit]

Hi. In the past you've offered your opinion in choosing photos for the Infobox. Can you offer your opinion in this discussion on a related topic? It may go toward a precedent regarding captions. Thanks, and Happy Holidays. Nightscream (talk) 19:54, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 48, 2018)[edit]

Siri is a virtual assistant part of Apple Inc.'s iOS, watchOS, macOS, HomePod, and tvOS operating systems. Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Siri Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Equator • Mongoloid Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 26 November 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

The Signpost: 1 December 2018[edit]

This week's article for improvement (week 49, 2018)[edit]

Waves in Lake Ontario Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Lake surfing Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Siri • Equator Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 3 December 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

Nominations now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards[edit]

Nominations for our annual Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards are open until 23:59 (GMT) on 15 December 2018. Why don't you nominate the editors who you believe have made a real difference to the project in 2018? MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:26, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

December 2018 GOCE newsletter[edit]

Guild of Copy Editors December 2018 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the December 2018 GOCE newsletter. Here is what's been happening since the August edition. Thanks to everyone who participated in the August blitz (results), which focused on Requests and the oldest backlog month. Of the twenty editors who signed up, eleven editors recorded 37 copy edits. For the September drive (results), of the twenty-three people who signed up, nineteen editors completed 294 copy edits. Our October blitz (results) focused on Requests, geography, and food and drink articles. Of the fourteen people who signed up, eleven recorded a total of 57 copy edits. For the November drive (results), twenty-two people signed up, and eighteen editors recorded 273 copy edits. This helped to bring the backlog to a six-month low of 825 articles. The December blitz will run for one week, from 16 to 22 December. Sign up now! Elections: Nominations for the Guild's coordinators for the first half of 2019 will be open from 1 to 15 December. Voting will then take place and the election will close on 31 December at 23:59 UTC. Positions for Guild coordinators, who perform the important behind-the-scenes tasks that keep our project running smoothly, are open to all Wikipedians in good standing. We welcome self-nominations, so please consider nominating yourself if you've ever thought about helping out; it's your Guild and it doesn't run itself! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators; Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Tdslk. >>> Sign up for the December blitz! <<< >>> Participate in the Coordinator elections! <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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This week's article for improvement (week 50, 2018)[edit]

Nuuk is the capital and largest city of Greenland. Pictured is the Nuussuaq district in Nuuk, with Sermitsiaq mountain in the background. Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Nuuk Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Lake surfing • Siri Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 10 December 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

Voting now open for "Military historian of the year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" awards[edit]

Voting for our annual Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year awards is open until 23:59 (GMT) on 30 December 2018. Why don't you vote for the editors who you believe have made a real difference to Wikipedia's coverage of military history in 2018? MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:17, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 51, 2018)[edit]

A bookworm / beetle grub found inside a paperback book, showing some of the damage it has wrought Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Bookworm (insect) Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Nuuk • Lake surfing Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 17 December 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

Precious anniversary[edit]

Precious

Six years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:42, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Aloha to you and mahalo nui loa Gerda!--Mark Miller (talk) 07:24, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Aloha back to you with thanks, see my talk for more, music and memories, - seven years! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:22, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

Aloha and mahalo nui loa!--Mark Miller (talk) 21:37, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

We'll sing a lullaby, twice, - that's similar sounds ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:39, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 52, 2018)[edit]

A diagram that includes the scalp Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Scalp Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Bookworm (insect) • Nuuk Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 24 December 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

The Signpost: 24 December 2018[edit]

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WikiProject Genealogy - newsletter No.6[edit]

Newsletter Nr 6, 2018-12-25, for WikiProject Genealogy (and Wikimedia genealogy project on Meta) Participation: This is the sixth newsletter sent by mass mail to members in Wikipedia:WikiProject Genealogy, to everyone who voted a support for establishing a potential Wikimedia genealogy project on meta, and anyone who during the years showed an interest in genealogy on talk pages and likewise. (To discontinue receiving Project Genealogy newsletters, please see below) Now 100 supporters[edit] At 3 December 2018, the list of users who support the potential Wikimedia genealogy project, reached 100! A demo wiki is up and running![edit] You can already now try out the demo for a genealogy wiki at https://tools.wmflabs.org/genealogy/wiki/Main_Page and try out the functions. You will find parts of the 18th Pharao dynasty and other records submitted by the 7 first users, and it would be great if you would add some records. And with those great news we want to wish you a creative New Year 2019! Don't want newsletters? If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself from the mailing list or alternatively to opt-out of all massmessage mailings, you may add Category:Opted-out of message delivery to your user talk page. Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2019! Hello Mark Miller, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2019. Happy editing, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:53, 25 December 2018 (UTC) Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages. Cheers from your WikiProject Genealogy coordinator Dan Koehl. To discontinue receiving Project Genealogy newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by MediaWiki message delivery

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This week's article for improvement (week 1, 2018)[edit]

Poster for a production of Boucicault's farce Contempt of Court, c. 1879. From the Library of Congress. Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Farce Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Scalp • Bookworm (insect) Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 31 December 2018 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

Welcome to the 2019 WikiCup![edit]

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)

This week's article for improvement (week 2, 2019)[edit]

An example of page orientation: a smartphone positioned upright (portrait orientation) and horizontally (landscape orientation) Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Page orientation Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Farce • Scalp Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:27, 7 January 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 3, 2019)[edit]

Vicki Gunvalson in 2009 Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Vicki Gunvalson Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Page orientation • Farce Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 14 January 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 4, 2019)[edit]

A view of the Quetschenfest street fair in the community of Geichlingen, Germany Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Street fair Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Vicki Gunvalson • Page orientation Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 21 January 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 5, 2019)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Assassination attempts Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Street fair • Vicki Gunvalson Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 28 January 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

The Signpost: 31 January 2019[edit]

GOCE 2018 Annual Report[edit]

Guild of Copy Editors 2018 Annual Report Our 2018 Annual Report is now ready for review. Highlights: Overview of Backlog-reduction progress; Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page; Membership news and results of elections; Annual leaderboard; Plans for 2019. – Your project coordinators: Miniapolis, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, Reidgreg and Tdslk. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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This week's article for improvement (week 6, 2019)[edit]

A typical Finnish school meal lunch, served free of charge to all pupils. Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: School meal Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Assassination attempts • Street fair Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 4 February 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

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This week's article for improvement (week 7, 2019)[edit]

Pondicherry is the capital and the most populous city of the Indian Union Territory of Puducherry. Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Pondicherry Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: School meal • Assassination attempts Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 11 February 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 8, 2019)[edit]

Mixian rice noodles being cooked on a gas stove at a noodle restaurant in Kunming, Yunnan, China Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Gas stove Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Pondicherry • School meal Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 18 February 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 9, 2019)[edit]

A cheeseburger at a restaurant Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Cheeseburger Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Gas stove • Pondicherry Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 25 February 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

The Signpost: 28 February 2019[edit]

WikiCup 2019 March newsletter[edit]

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!

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.

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).

This week's article for improvement (week 10, 2019)[edit]

Wanted posters in Japan, 2004 Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Wanted poster Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Cheeseburger • Gas stove Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 4 March 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 11, 2019)[edit]

Zippers with common teeth variations: metal teeth (top), coil teeth and plastic teeth Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Zipper Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Wanted poster • Cheeseburger Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 11 March 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 12, 2019)[edit]

Many of the internal organs of the human body Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Organ (anatomy) Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Zipper • Wanted poster Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 18 March 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

March GOCE newsletter[edit]

Guild of Copy Editors March 2019 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the March newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December 2018. All being well, we're planning to issue these quarterly in 2019, balancing the need to communicate widely with the avoidance of filling up talk pages. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. January Drive: Thanks to everyone for the splendid work in January's Backlog Elimination Drive. We removed copyedit tags from all of the articles tagged in our original target months of June, July and August 2018, and by 24 January we ran out of articles. After adding September, we finished the month with 8 target articles remaining and 842 left in the backlog. GOCE copyeditors also completed 48 requests for copyedit in January. Of the 31 people who signed up for this drive, 24 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Blitz: Thanks to everyone who participated in the February Blitz. Of the 15 people who signed up, 13 copyedited at least one article. Participants claimed 32 copyedits, including 15 requests. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: As of 23:39, 18 March 2019 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 108 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 851 articles. March Drive: The month-long March drive is now underway; the target months are October and November 2018. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the backlog. Sign up here! Election reminder: It may only be March but don't forget our mid-year Election of Coordinators opens for nominations on 1 June. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Miniapolis, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, Reidgreg and Tdslk. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Liloa/Piilani/Moana Family Tree[edit]

Template:Liloa/Piilani/Moana Family Tree has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 21:42, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

Falsification of quote[edit]

In your recent effort to edit-war away references to an advertisement as an advertisement, you have repeatedly changed a quote in order to make it "less neutral". It is not our job to rework what others say to make it neutral when we quote; it is our job to quote accurately. And given the bits of editing warring you've been doing there and elsewhere, I recommend that you review WP:BRD --Nat Gertler (talk) 11:06, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

Accusations coming from someone also engaging in edit warring however with no basis in Wikipedia guidelines and what apears to be some bias against same sex marriage. At this point more eyes from the projects is required.--Mark Miller (talk) 00:00, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Per WP:VANDAL, "Deliberately adding falsities to articles, particularly to biographies of living people, with hoax information is considered vandalism." The undoing of vandalism is not subject to edit war restrictions. --Nat Gertler (talk) 02:23, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

If you wish to make a complaint, ANI is thataway.--Mark Miller (talk) 02:25, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

We are not transcription monkeys, we summarize what the sources say and if some facts show that something is both a paid ad and an op-ed...we should state it.--Mark Miller (talk) 02:27, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 13, 2019)[edit]

Lady Gaga playing a keytar, which is a type of keyboard instrument Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Keyboard instrument Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Organ (anatomy) • Zipper Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 25 March 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

The Signpost: 31 March 2019[edit]

This week's article for improvement (week 14, 2019)[edit]

The interior of a gym in The Netherlands, around 1900 Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Gym Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Keyboard instrument • Organ (anatomy) Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 1 April 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 15, 2019)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Story of the Negro Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Gym • Keyboard instrument Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 8 April 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 16, 2019)[edit]

Various dairy products: milk, feta cheese, yogurt and parmesan cheese (clockwise from upper-left) Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Dairy product Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Story of the Negro • Gym Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 15 April 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

MfD nomination of Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard/header 2[edit]

Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard/header 2, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard/header 2 and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard/header 2 during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Steel1943 (talk) 07:37, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 18, 2019)[edit]

Gunilla Persson in 2013 Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Gunilla Persson Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Biodegradable plastic • Dairy product Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 29 April 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

The Signpost: 30 April 2019[edit]

WikiCup 2019 May newsletter[edit]

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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This week's article for improvement (week 19, 2019)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Production logo Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Gunilla Persson • Biodegradable plastic Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 6 May 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 20, 2019)[edit]

Sashimi at a restaurant Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Sashimi Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Production logo • Gunilla Persson Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 13 May 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

Category:Merge articles by importance has been nominated for discussion[edit]

Category:Merge articles by importance, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Trialpears (talk) 12:16, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

Category:Merge articles by quality has been nominated for discussion[edit]

Category:Merge articles by quality, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Trialpears (talk) 12:19, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 21, 2019)[edit]

Ancient Greek letters painted on the body of an Attic black-figure cup Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Letter (alphabet) Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Sashimi • Production logo Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 20 May 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 22, 2019)[edit]

Josephine Bornebusch in 2013 Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Josephine Bornebusch Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Letter (alphabet) • Sashimi Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 27 May 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

The Signpost: 31 May 2019[edit]

This week's article for improvement (week 23, 2019)[edit]

The official logo of the latest HTML version, HTML5 Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: HTML Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Josephine Bornebusch • Letter (alphabet) Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 3 June 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 24, 2019)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Karla Faye Tucker Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: HTML • Josephine Bornebusch Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 10 June 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

GOCE June newsletter[edit]

Guild of Copy Editors June 2019 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since March 2019. You can unsubscribe from our mailings at any time; see below. Election time: Nomination of candidates in our mid-year Election of Coordinators opened on 1 June, and voting will take place from 16 June. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. June Blitz: Our June blitz will soon be upon us; it will begin at 00:01 on 16 June (UTC) and will close at 23:59 on 22 June (UTC). The themes are "nature and the environment" and all requests. March Drive: Thanks to everyone for their work in March's Backlog Elimination Drive. We removed copyedit tags from 182 of the articles tagged in our original target months October and November 2018, and the month finished with 64 target articles remaining from November and 811 in the backlog. GOCE copyeditors also completed 22 requests for copyedit in March; the month ended with 34 requests pending. Of the 32 people who signed up for this drive, 24 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. April Blitz: Thanks to everyone who participated in the April Blitz; the blitz ran from 14 to 20 April (UTC) inclusive and the themes were Sports and Entertainment. Of the 15 people who signed up, 13 copyedited at least one article. Participants claimed 60 copyedits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: As of 04:36, 3 June 2019 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have completed 267 requests since 1 January. The backlog of tagged articles stands at 605 articles. May Drive: During the May Backlog Elimination Drive, Guild copy-editors removed copyedit tags from 191 of the 192 articles tagged in our original target months of November and December 2018, and January 2019 was added on 22 May. We finished the month with 81 target articles remaining and a record low of 598 articles in the backlog. GOCE copyeditors also completed 24 requests for copyedit during the May drive, and the month ended with 35 requests pending. Of the 26 people who signed up for this drive, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Miniapolis, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95, Reidgreg and Tdslk. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Pineapple juice[edit]

@Mark Miller: You are invited to vote on Pineapple.Catfurball (talk) 16:54, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 25, 2019)[edit]

Bookworm damage inside a book Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Bookworm (insect) Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Karla Faye Tucker • HTML Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 17 June 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 26, 2019)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Legislator Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Bookworm (insect) • Karla Faye Tucker Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 24 June 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

The June 2019 Signpost is out![edit]

This week's article for improvement (week 27, 2019)[edit]

A soil profile depicting bedrock Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Bedrock Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Legislator • Bookworm (insect) Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 1 July 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

WikiProject Genealogy[edit]

I have revamped WikProject Genealogy with new goals. Your help and feedback are appreciated. Tea and crumpets (talk) 17:39, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

WikiCup 2019 July newsletter[edit]

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.

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 (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:11, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 28, 2019)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Sadomasochism Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Bedrock • Legislator Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 8 July 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

Akane Yamaguchi[edit]

Hello. Help copy edit for article. Thanks you. Cheung2 (talk) 08:26, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 29, 2019)[edit]

Legal status of cannabis possession for non-medical use (2018)   Legal   Illegal but decriminalized   Illegal but often unenforced   Illegal See also countries that have legalized medical use of cannabis. Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Decriminalization of marijuana Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Sadomasochism • Bedrock Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 15 July 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 30, 2019)[edit]

The Montsoreau Flea Market is the largest flea market in the Loire Valley, France Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Flea market Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Decriminalization of marijuana • Sadomasochism Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 22 July 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 31, 2019)[edit]

A butter churn used for butter churning in Nepal Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Butter churning in Nepal Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Flea market • Decriminalization of marijuana Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 29 July 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

The Signpost: 31 July 2019[edit]

This week's article for improvement (week 32, 2019)[edit]

The human body has several organs. Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Organ (anatomy) Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Butter churning in Nepal • Flea market Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 5 August 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

Kapiʻolani[edit]

Don't cut and past move pages. {{db-move}} and WP:RM/TR exist for dealing with such cases. — JJMC89 (T·C) 19:48, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

JJMC89, I followed instructions per the page when I attempted the move the article. The article already had a redirect. Merging articles can be done by anyone including a redirect. Instructions for such a cut and past merger are at the top of; Wikipedia:Requested moves#When not to use this page. I do not believe this was a technical issue but a simple merger of two existing articles with a request for history merge however, if you could elaborate on what you felt was the technical issue that made this merger inappropriate or if there has been a change to the merge process I am unaware of, please let me know. Thanks!--Mark Miller (talk) 23:43, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

WP:BEFOREMOVING (section of Wikipedia:Moving a page, which is linked on Special:MovePage/Kapiʻolani) clearly states to never move by copy and paste. The instructions in the section you link (first bullet), which I did not refer you to, say to use WP:RM/TR, which is where I referred you to. Kapiʻolani was a redirect with a single revision in its history, not an article, so there was no merge. In situations where a merge is actually done, a history merge usually cannot be done due to parallel histories. — JJMC89 (T·C) 00:17, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Regardless of what you referred me to, it was after the fact. As I stated I followed directions. Wikipedia:Moving a page is a how to guide. "It is not one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community.". It also does not say; "Never" so that is not clear. Also, you stated (as I also noticed before the merge) the redirect had only one revision and it doesn't seem to have been a problem. By the way, excuse my misspeaking. Page...not article. A merge is between two pages not two article so, yes it was a merge. What I did was a full-content paste merger. I do understand the issue you are talking about but it does not apear to be the case here since there was almost no real editing on the redirect page, I believed adding the attribution tag and not asking for a a history merge in this case was not appropriate.--Mark Miller (talk) 00:57, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

At any rate, Special:MovePage/Kapiʻolani had no instructions at that point to heed. It was not until instructions came up after the normal move process was held up by the page existing as a redirect. I followed those instructions precisely.--Mark Miller (talk) 01:17, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 33, 2019)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Great Spirit Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Organ (anatomy) • Butter churning in Nepal Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 12 August 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 34, 2019)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Bianca Wahlgren Ingrosso Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Great Spirit • Organ (anatomy) Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 19 August 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

Backlog Banzai[edit]

In the month of September, Wikiproject Military history is running a project-wide edit-a-thon, Backlog Banzai. There are heaps of different areas you can work on, for which you claim points, and at the end of the month all sorts of whiz-bang awards will be handed out. Every player wins a prize! There is even a bit of friendly competition built in for those that like that sort of thing. Sign up now at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/September 2019 Backlog Banzai to take part. For the coordinators, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:18, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

Photo of opening of Tut's tomb[edit]

Mark Miller, I'm confused by the explanation of the removal and then restoration of the Times photo from the article.

According to the Times site, the photo was published in the paper on Feb. 17, 1923, so the claim on Commons that this was a 1924 reenactment seems odd on the face of it. It may be that the photo is indeed out of copyright, since it was published in 1923, but the rest of the information on Commons would seem to be suspect based on the Times site. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:44, 25 August 2019 (UTC)

I have no idea what you are talking about. I made it clear that copyright law after 1922 gives extended copyright from the time of the original copyright for an automatic extension of 28 years plus 67. If the image was copyrighted in 1923 instead of 1922 it is still in the public domain. My initial math was off when I pulled the image but figure out my mistake and returned it and then struck out the concern (but left the text for transparency).--Mark Miller (talk) 04:36, 25 August 2019 (UTC)

Welcome back[edit]

Good to see you back at DRN! Steven Crossin ^{Help resolve disputes!} 08:42, 25 August 2019 (UTC)

Thank you so much!--Mark Miller (talk) 08:47, 25 August 2019 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 35, 2019)[edit]

Pitchforks Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Pitchfork Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Bianca Wahlgren Ingrosso • Great Spirit Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 26 August 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

Unexplained removal?[edit]

Hey Mark, How is this unexplained removal. See my edit summary where it says rv linkspam. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 06:24, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

Try an actual diff and if I am mistaken I will apologize for any mistake.--Mark Miller (talk) 06:29, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

I meant https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kamehameha_Schools&diff=912840926&oldid=912840520 ‐‐1997kB (talk) 06:32, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

Ok so, how exactly is this dead link spam? Look, I am not against you or your editing, but you need to explain your edits in full or it does not make sense to others.--Mark Miller (talk) 06:36, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

Well I don't know how you determine its a dead link. It's working fine for me and seems like spam, see for more https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam/LinkReports/lms.paktaleem.net . ‐‐1997kB (talk) 06:39, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

Look, I do not question your good faith. I question your ability to explain your actions and provide evidence to make any judgement. Stop adding links to nowhere and provide a clear explanation as to why the link is spam.--Mark Miller (talk) 06:55, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict) On this link they offer some courses and that's the reason that guy added it to a school article and bunch others to lure people to buy those courses. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 07:00, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

Edit conflict. Can you understand that you deleted a link as spam but did not and still have not demonstrated that the link that does not currently provide information, had an original target page that was not correctly added. It isn't that I doubt you but that once an editor has reverted, that is a dispute. At least try to do more at that point to demonstrate your position. I, myself only wish to make sure the link you deleted did not have relevance.--Mark Miller (talk) 07:08, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

Well, don't you think it falls under WP:ADS that is adding references with the aim of promoting the site? Also would love to know why you think this link is good for article? ‐‐1997kB (talk) 07:22, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

Could be and probably. It was late last night and the article is about a school and the source appeared to be about classes. Had a bit too much going on at the same time. I had wanted to make sure the page had not changed and if the site itself still had the info somewhere but it really isn't worth it since the source isn't that string to begin with. I'll revert that so it does not look like you are edit warring.--Mark Miller (talk) 16:36, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for that! BTW you forgot to undo this one. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 16:55, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

Well that was odd. I wonder why reverting myself didn't do the trick? I fixed it.--Mark Miller (talk) 17:45, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

The Signpost: 30 August 2019[edit]

twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn[edit]

Thanks for all your hard work on Tutankhamun. Maybe we can just link to wikt:twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn and call it a day? Haukur (talk) 20:37, 31 August 2019 (UTC)

Thank you so much. I support anything you feel advances the article and is an improvement!--Mark Miller (talk) 05:30, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

And good work on that. It is a good find for the article. And I very much appreciate it!--Mark Miller (talk) 05:45, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open[edit]

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:38, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

WikiCup 2019 September newsletter[edit]

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.

As we start round 5, 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. 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 (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).

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This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2019)[edit]

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Re: Info box hieroglyphs[edit]

An artefact that has his full titulary is the cedar throne Carter obj. No 87 JE 62029 here. It uses the Horus name in serekhs as a central design motif. The full titulary is given on the back of the backrest but is unusually written as it gives an image of the king as a determinative for 'twt' image. I'm getting this info from p 61-62 of The Thrones, Chairs, Stools, and Footstools from the Tomb of Tutankhamun by M. Eaton-Krauss. She cites herself for a fuller discussion of his titulary in 'The Titulary of Tutankhamun' in: Jürgen Osing and Günter Dreyer, eds, Form und Mass. Beiträge zur Literatur, Sprache und Kunst des alten Ägypten (Fs Gerhard Fecht; Wiesbaden 19 which sounds absolutely impossible to get a hold of. Merytat3n (talk) 02:30, 8 September 2019 (UTC) Pasting here as well so you can easily see this reply Merytat3n (talk) 02:53, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

Lets attempt this after the GA so I can finish the review but, I rescanned the two cartouches and did a trace SVG only so the image has the right shapes from the source. The symbols cannot be copyrighted.--Mark Miller (talk) 05:02, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

--Mark Miller (talk) 05:15, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

Sounds good. Thank you for all your hard work! I am seeing if a friend can scan the above article on Tutankhamun's titulary for me out of the library so we will see what it says. In the meantime I feel Amarna Sunset is as good a source as any as it gives the full titulary in hieroglyphs. I have the titulary in my sandbox currently. Merytat3n (talk) 09:51, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

Okay the friend tracked it down and pdf'd it for me! It gives nice clear hieroglyphs and aaaaallll the variations (there are so many). I will continue working on the hieroglyphs in my sandbox if that suits you? Just let me know how you want to proceed. Merytat3n (talk) 23:48, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

I selected what Eaton-Krauss says are the most common writings of each of Tutankhamun's names. They are all sourced in my sandbox but the hieroglyphs are preeeetty ugly and not at all arranged nicely. I can arrange them nicely in Jsesh (if my computer wants to play ball) and save them as an image file. I can give you Eaton-Krauss' pdf as well if you would like. Merytat3n (talk) 03:10, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Yes, please. I have been getting a pretty good education on authors of this subject and I hope we can augment all of Hawass' claims with additional support. Just so his opinion is not given undue weight in the article.--Mark Miller (talk) 03:12, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

I have arranged the hieroglyphs for all of Tutankhamun's names in JSesh and saved them as SVGs. They all include the title part of the name eg: Horus wearing pschent, the Two Ladies, Horus on hieroglyph for gold. However I'm a total noob and can't figure out how to scale up their default size from the size (less than 100 px wide) that is JSesh's default. I'll attempt to dropbox them to you, along with Eaton-Krauss' titulary article.Merytat3n (talk) 09:44, 28 September 2019 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 37, 2019)[edit]

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Million award[edit]

Hey, the box is all yours! Good work, man. Haukur (talk) 23:15, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Thank you so much and trust me...what you helped with deserves the award as much! Thanks again!--Mark Miller (talk) 23:17, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Thank you so much for the awards![edit]

Thank you so much!! This gives me so many warm fuzzies!!! <3 Merytat3n (talk) 23:43, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced[edit]

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This week's article for improvement (week 38, 2019)[edit]

An example of a miniature book: The United States History and Presidents in a Nutshell, published circa 1904 Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Miniature book Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Vegetable soup • Organ (anatomy) Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 16 September 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

A kitten for you![edit]

You are most welcome.

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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election half-way mark[edit]

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This week's article for improvement (week 39, 2019)[edit]

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September 2019 GOCE Newsletter[edit]

Guild of Copy Editors September 2019 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the September newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since June 2019. June election: Reidgreg was chosen as lead coordinator, and is being assisted by Baffle gab1978, Miniapolis, Tdslk, and first-time coordinator Twofingered Typist. Jonesey95 took a respite after serving for six years. Thanks to everyone who participated! June Blitz: From 16 to 22 June, we copy edited articles on the themes of nature and the environment along with requests. 12 participating editors completed 35 copy edits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. July Drive: The year's fourth backlog-elimination drive was a great success, clearing all articles tagged in January and February, and bringing the copy-editing backlog to a low of five months and a record low of 585 articles while also completing 48 requests. Of the 30 people who signed up, 29 copyedited at least one article, a participation level last matched in May 2015. Final results and awards are listed here. August Blitz: From 18 to 24 August, we copy edited articles tagged in March 2019 and requests. 12 participating editors completed 26 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: As of 03:00, 23 September 2019 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors had processed 413 requests since 1 January. The backlog of tagged articles stood at 599 articles, close to our record month-end low of 585. Requests page: We are experimenting with automated archiving of copy edit requests; a discussion on REQ Talk (permalinked) initiated by Bobbychan193 has resulted in Zhuyifei1999 writing a bot script for the Guild. Testing is now underway and is expected to be completed by 3 October; for this reason, no manual archiving of requests should be done until the testing period is over. We will then assess the bot's performance and discuss whether to make this arrangement permanent. September Drive: Our current backlog-elimination drive is open until 23:59 on 30 September (UTC) and is open to all copy editors. Sign up today! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators, Baffle gab1978, Miniapolis, Reidgreg, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Your GA nomination of Keawepoepoe[edit]

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CPA-5 Just got this. Could you link me to the review to make the changes?--Mark Miller (talk) 06:40, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 40, 2019)[edit]

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AfroCine: Join the Months of African Cinema this October![edit]

Greetings! After a successful first iteration of the “Months of African Cinema” last year, we are happy to announce that it will be happening again this year, starting from October 1! In the 2018 edition of the contest, about 600 Wikipedia articles were created in at least 8 languages. There were also contributions to Wikidata and Wikimedia commons, which brought the total number of wikimedia pages created during the contest to over 1,000. The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which have been dedicated to creating and improving content that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. Join us in this global edit-a-thon, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section. On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing participants in the following manner: Overall winner (1st, 2nd, 3rd places) Diversity winner Gender-gap fillers For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 00:50, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

The Signpost: 30 September 2019[edit]

Nomination for merging of Template:WikiProject Merge Copied[edit]

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This week's article for improvement (week 41, 2019)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Frenemy Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Aaron Fechter • Satellite galaxy Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 7 October 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

WP:DGAF[edit]

I could very easily (and rightly) be called a hypocrite for saying this, but when it comes to people arguing with your review standards at WP:GAN, I recommend WP:DGAF. Many people are self-appointed (and occasionally, self-important) experts. They say "Up" today and "Down" tomorrow. WP:DGAF. ♦ Lingzhi2 (talk) 00:04, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

Well, I won't call you names but simply thank you for your assistance. Right now I am attempting to find some common ground before moving forward.--Mark Miller (talk) 06:07, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

eh, I'm trying to read quickly what the reviewer wrote. Some of them seem reasonable... hyphens in a page range can be fixed all in one go with a script.. I agree that ISBNs are for all practical purposes quite nearly required... uh WP:BLP and WP:COPYVIO are actual rules that are actually enforced [you mentioned three-revert]...uh... do you need help? ♦ Lingzhi2 (talk) 06:21, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

Yeah...I'm aware of the guidelines and what is and is not a "rule". Was "help" something your were actually attempting or just criticism of my post? I have help already but...thank you and happy editing.--Mark Miller (talk) 07:03, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

I really think editors that have been on Wikipedia for such a short/long time....need to review more than our core values before they "don't give a fuck" about others. I, myself...do give a fuck.--Mark Miller (talk) 07:08, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

(←) Oh I forgot to add your page to my watchlist so didn't see your replies. Oh it was on my watchlist... but look at my contribs; was busy/distracted... so...didn't see your replies.. Sorry. Let's recap: 1) I thought some people were unnecessarily rude at WT:GA or WT:GAN, whichever one it was. I came here to mention DGAF in order to cheer you up. 2) I thought some of the reviewer's comments were too picky but some were reasonable. 3) I offered help because I was actually offering help. No hidden meanings here! That's all, I think. ♦ Lingzhi2 (talk) 07:15, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

See...this is how miserable I am reading Wikipedia essay link posts. That and been way too grouchy or gouty...basically the same thing. I apologize for thinking you were just trying to rub salt. I admit to being a bit jumpy over the whole thing. Getting over it. OK so not over it yet. LOL! But aiming in that direction.--Mark Miller (talk) 22:51, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 42, 2019)[edit]

The U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser USS Josephus Daniels (CG-27) maneuvers around an island as it passes through the Strait of Magellan en route to Punte Arenas, Chile, on 1 July 1990, during exercise "Unitas XXXI", a combined exercise involving the naval forces of the United States and nine South American nations. Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Strait of Magellan Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Frenemy • Aaron Fechter Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:15, 14 October 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

2019 US Banknote Contest[edit]

	US Banknote Contest
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There are an estimated 30,000 different varieties of United States banknotes, yet only a fraction of these are represented on Wikimedia Commons in the form of 2D scans. Additionally, Colonial America, the Confederate States, the Republic of Texas, multiple states and territories, communities, and private companies have issued banknotes that are in the public domain today but are absent from Commons. In the months of November and December, WikiProject Numismatics will be running a cross-wiki upload-a-thon, the 2019 US Banknote Contest. The goal of the contest is to increase the number of US banknote images available to content creators on all Wikimedia projects. Participants will claim points for uploading and importing 2D scans of US banknotes, and at the end of the contest all will receive awards. Whether you want to claim the Gold Wiki or you just want to have fun, all are invited to participate. If you do not want to receive invitations to future US Banknote Contests, follow the instructions here

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This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2019)[edit]

A vignette thought to represent Medjed, Greenfield papyrus, British Museum Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Medjed (god) Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Strait of Magellan • Frenemy Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 21 October 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 44, 2019)[edit]

The audience at Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of the Grateful Dead in Chicago, Illinois, July 2015 Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Audience Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Medjed (god) • Strait of Magellan Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 28 October 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

The Signpost: 31 October 2019[edit]

WikiCup 2019 November newsletter[edit]

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.

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Wikipedia:WikiProject BOLD, revert, discuss cycle: Revision history[edit]

Hi there! Blast from the past. I stumbled upon Wikipedia:WikiProject BOLD, revert, discuss cycle which you created several years ago. It doesn't look like this every really became a WikiProject (i.e. it doesn't look like it became a place where editors collaborate on a topic). Any objection to me moving it to your userspace or redirecting to WP:BRD? I hope all is well. Happy editing! Ajpolino (talk) 23:08, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

We could just delete it.--Mark Miller (talk) 07:13, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

@Mark Miller: Hi Mark, you can request speedy deletion as the only substantive contributor to the page by placing {{Db-author}} at the top of the page. Alternatively, I can bring it up at WP:MfD, or we can quickly userify/redirect. Up to you. Thanks for the quick reply! Ajpolino (talk) 16:18, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 46, 2019)[edit]

The Coleco Gemini video game console, a console clone of the Atari 2600 produced by Coleco in 1983 Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Coleco Gemini Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Concert • Audience Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 11 November 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 47, 2019)[edit]

The National Museum is a Czech museum institution intended to systematically establish, prepare, and publicly exhibit natural scientific and historical collections. It was founded in 1818 and is located in Prague. Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: National Museum (Prague) Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Coleco Gemini • Concert Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 18 November 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

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The steam hammer is a type of hammer Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Hammer Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: National Museum (Prague) • Coleco Gemini Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 25 November 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

The Signpost: 29 November 2019[edit]

This week's article for improvement (week 49, 2019)[edit]

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GOCE December 2019 Newsletter[edit]

Guild of Copy Editors December 2019 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the December 2019 GOCE newsletter, an update of Guild happenings since the September edition. Our Annual Report should be ready in late January. Election time: Nominations for the election of a new tranche of Guild coordinators to serve for the first half of 2020 will be open from 1 to 15 December. Voting will then take place and the election will close on 31 December at 23:59 UTC. Positions for Guild coordinators, who perform the important behind-the-scenes tasks that keep our project running smoothly, are open to all Wikipedians in good standing. We welcome self-nominations so please consider nominating yourself if you've ever thought about helping out; it's your Guild and it doesn't run itself! September Drive: Of the thirty-two editors who signed up, twenty-three editors copy edited at least one article; they completed 39 requests and removed 138 articles from the backlog, bringing the backlog to a low of 519 articles. October Blitz: This event ran from 13 to 19 October, with themes of science, technology and transport articles tagged for copy edit, and Requests. Sixteen editors helped remove 29 articles from the backlog and completed 23 requests. November Drive: Of the twenty-eight editors who signed up for this event, twenty editors completed at least one copy edit; they completed 29 requests and removed 133 articles from the backlog. Our December Blitz will run from 15 to 21 December. Sign up now! Progress report: From September to November 2019, GOCE copy editors processed 154 requests. Over the same period, the backlog of articles tagged for copy editing was reduced by 41% to an all-time low of 479 articles. Request archiving: The archiving of completed requests has now been automated. Thanks to Zhuyifei1999 and Bobbychan193, YiFeiBot is now archiving the Requests page. Archiving occurs around 24 hours after a user's signature and one of the templates {{Done}}, {{Withdrawn}} or {{Declined}} are placed below the request. The bot uses the Guild's standard "purpose codes" to determine the way it should archive each request so it's important to use the correct codes and templates. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators; Reidgreg, Baffle gab1978, Miniapolis, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. >>> Sign up for the December blitz! <<< >>> Participate in the Coordinator elections! <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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This week's article for improvement (week 50, 2019)[edit]

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Peace Dove[edit]

Peace is a state of balance and understanding in yourself and between others, where respect is gained by the acceptance of differences, tolerance persists, conflicts are resolved through dialog, peoples rights are respected and their voices are heard, and everyone is at their highest point of serenity without social tension. Happy Holidays to you and yours. ―Buster7 ☎ 00:24, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks Buster7! Happy Holidays! Gosh...I forgot all about the update I did on the peace dove. I should do another small update.--Mark Miller (talk) 00:32, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 51, 2019)[edit]

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This week's article for improvement (week 52, 2019)[edit]

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The Signpost: 27 December 2019[edit]

This week's article for improvement (week 1, 2020)[edit]

Lots of pasta Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: List of pasta Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Cooking with alcohol • Ballet Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 30 December 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

Welcome to the 2020 WikiCup![edit]

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)

This week's article for improvement (week 2, 2020)[edit]

The pilot in command of an aircraft is the person aboard who is ultimately responsible for its operation and safety during flight. This would be the captain in a typical two- or three-pilot aircrew, or "pilot" if there is only one certificated and qualified pilot at the controls of an aircraft. Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Captain Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: List of pasta • Cooking with alcohol Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 6 January 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 3, 2020)[edit]

Various computer hardware components within a desktop computer Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Computer hardware Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Captain • List of pasta Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 13 January 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

DYK for Hui Aloha ʻĀina[edit]

On 17 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hui Aloha ʻĀina, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Hui Aloha ʻĀina was established in 1893 to promote Hawaiian independence and oppose the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hui Aloha ʻĀina. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Hui Aloha ʻĀina), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:01, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 4, 2020)[edit]

A prayer meeting and hymn singing Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Prayer meeting Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Computer hardware • Captain Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 20 January 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 5, 2020)[edit]

The Serengeti ecosystem is a geographical region located in northern Tanzania, Africa. It spans approximately 30,000 km2 (12,000 sq mi), and hosts the second largest terrestrial mammal migration in the world. Pictured is a leopard in a tree in the Serengeti. Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Serengeti Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Prayer meeting • Computer hardware Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 27 January 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

The Signpost: 27 January 2020[edit]

Proposed deletion of Cleopatra (Rome character)[edit]

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This week's article for improvement (week 6, 2020)[edit]

The The Dapper Dans are a barbershop quartet that performs at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Barbershop quartet Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Serengeti • Prayer meeting Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 3 February 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

Cleopatra (Rome character)[edit]

I saw you reverted my redirect of Cleopatra (Rome character), which is totally fine. My initial assumption when you did so was that you agreed with the PROD and felt it should be deleted, but I saw you followed your revert with the addition of a source, which tells me maybe you might be interested in sourcing it and trying to prevent it from being deleted? If that's the case, please note that your revert has resulted in the PROD being restored, so the clock for it being deleted has been reset. (Though even if it's removed, now that the redirect is gone I imagine this one will be heading to AFD for a deletion debate now regardless...) — Hunter Kahn 12:28, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Why can't it be deleted or at least discussed? I only added the source because it was something I had meant to do long ago from a discussion I had with another editor about the few unsourced articles I had left. I would certainly agree to delete it.--Mark Miller (talk) 23:36, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors 2019 Annual Report[edit]

Guild of Copy Editors 2019 Annual Report Our 2019 Annual Report is now ready for review. Highlights: Overview of Backlog-reduction progress (a record low backlog!); Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page; Automated archiving of requests; Membership news and results of elections; Annual leaderboard; Plans for 2020. – Your Guild coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Reidgreg, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:10, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 7, 2020)[edit]

The Pyramid Texts are the oldest known corpus of ancient Egyptian religious texts dating to the Old Kingdom. Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Religious text Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Barbershop quartet • Serengeti Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 10 February 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 8, 2020)[edit]

The metric length of one kilometre is equivalent to the imperial measurement of 0.62137 miles. Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Length Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Religious text • Barbershop quartet Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 17 February 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 9, 2020)[edit]

The Tarvasjõgi river at the Põhja-Kõrvemaa nature reserve in Estonia Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Nature reserve Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Length • Religious text Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 24 February 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

Infobox photo discussion[edit]

Hi. Can you offer your opinion on which of two photos is preferable in this discussion? Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 15:42, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

March Madness 2020[edit]

G'day all, March Madness 2020 is about to get underway, and there is bling aplenty for those who want to get stuck into the backlog by way of tagging, assessing, updating, adding or improving resources and creating articles. If you haven't already signed up to participate, why not? The more the merrier! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:19, 29 February 2020 (UTC) for the coord team

WikiCup 2020 March newsletter[edit]

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) 16:46, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

The Signpost: 1 March 2020[edit]

This week's article for improvement (week 10, 2020)[edit]

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WikiCup newsletter correction[edit]

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) 09:29, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 11, 2020)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Transglobe Expedition Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Company • Nature reserve Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 9 March 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 12, 2020)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Darts Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Transglobe Expedition • Company Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 16 March 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

GOCE March newsletter[edit]

Guild of Copy Editors March 2020 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the March newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since December 2019. All being well, we're planning to issue these quarterly in 2020, balancing the need to communicate widely with the avoidance of filling up talk pages. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Election results: There was little changeover in the roster of Guild Coordinators, with Miniapolis stepping down with distinction as a coordinator emeritus while Jonesey95 returned as lead coordinator. The next election is scheduled for June 2020 and all Wikipedians in good standing may participate. January Drive: Thanks to everyone for the splendid work, completing 215 copy edits including 56 articles from the Requests page and 116 backlog articles from the target months of June to August 2019. At the conclusion of the drive there was a record low of 323 articles in the copy editing backlog. Of the 27 editors who signed up for the drive, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. February Blitz: Of the 15 editors who signed up for this one-week blitz, 13 completed at least one copy edit. A total of 32 articles were copy edited, evenly split between the twin goals of requests and the oldest articles from the copy-editing backlog. Full results are here. March Drive: Currently underway, this event is targeting requests and backlog articles from September to November 2019. As of 18 March, the backlog stands at a record low of 253 articles and is expected to drop further as the drive progresses. Awards will be given to everyone who copyedits at least one article from the backlog. Help set a new record and sign up now! Progress report: As of 18 March, GOCE copyeditors have completed 161 requests in 2020 and there was a net reduction of 385 articles from the copy-editing backlog – a 60% decrease from the beginning of the year. Well done and thank you everyone! Election reminder: It may only be March but don't forget our mid-year Election of Coordinators opens for nominations on 1 June. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Reidgreg, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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This week's article for improvement (week 13, 2020)[edit]

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Proposed deletion of File:Rostra beaks.gif[edit]

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The Signpost: 29 March 2020[edit]

This week's article for improvement (week 15, 2020)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: The Sims (video game) Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Meatloaf • Ignorance Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 6 April 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 16, 2020)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Anna Lindh Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: The Sims (video game) • Meatloaf Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 13 April 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

The Signpost: 26 April 2020[edit]

This week's article for improvement (week 18, 2020)[edit]

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WikiCup 2020 May newsletter[edit]

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.

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This week's article for improvement (week 19, 2020)[edit]

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This week's article for improvement (week 20, 2020)[edit]

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This week's article for improvement (week 21, 2020)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Human geography • Coast Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 18 May 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

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This week's article for improvement (week 22, 2020)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Abu Nuwas Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden • Human geography Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 25 May 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

Editor of the Week : nominations needed![edit]

The Editor of the Week initiative has been recognizing editors since 2013 for their hard work and dedication. Editing Wikipedia can be disheartening and tedious at times; the weekly Editor of the Week award lets its recipients know that their positive behaviour and collaborative spirit is appreciated. The response from the honorees has been enthusiastic and thankful.

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The Signpost: 31 May 2020[edit]

This week's article for improvement (week 23, 2020)[edit]

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Downton Abbey film, family tree[edit]

Template:Downton Abbey film, family tree has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Axem Titanium (talk) 18:46, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

GOCE June newsletter[edit]

Guild of Copy Editors June 2020 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since March 2020. You can unsubscribe from our mailings at any time; see below. All times and dates stated are in UTC. Current events Election time: Nomination of candidates in our mid-year Election of Coordinators opened on 1 June, and voting will take place from 00:01 on 16 June. GOCE coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought about helping out at the Guild, or you know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. June Blitz: This blitz begins at 00:01 on 14 June and ends at 23:59 on 20 June, with themes of articles tagged for copyedit in May 2020 and requests. Drive and blitz reports March Drive: Self-isolation from coronavirus may have played a hand in making this one of our most successful backlog elimination drives. The copy-editing backlog was reduced from 477 to a record low of 118 articles, a 75% reduction. The last four months of 2019 were cleared, reducing the backlog to three months. Fifty requests were also completed, and the total word count of copy-edited articles was 759,945. Of the 29 editors who signed up, 22 completed at least one copy edit. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. April Blitz: This blitz ran from 12 to 18 April with a theme of Indian military history. Of the 18 people who signed up, 14 copyedited at least one article. Participants claimed a total of 60 copyedits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. May Drive: This event marked the 10th anniversary of the GOCE's copy-editing drives, and set a goal of diminishing the backlog to just one month of articles, as close to zero articles as possible. We achieved the goal of eliminating all articles that had been tagged prior to the start of the drive, for the first time in our history! Of the 51 editors who signed up, 43 copyedited at least one article. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Other news Progress report: as of 2 June, GOCE participants had processed 328 requests since 1 January, which puts us on pace to exceed any previous year's number of requests. As of the end of the May drive, the backlog stood at just 156 articles, all tagged in May 2020. Outreach: To mark the 10th anniversary of our first Backlog Elimination Drive, The Signpost contributor and GOCE participant Puddleglum2.0 interviewed project coordinators and copy-editors for the journal's April WikiProject Report. The Drive and the current Election of Coordinators have also been covered in The Signpost's May News and Notes page. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Reidgreg, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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This week's article for improvement (week 25, 2020)[edit]

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This week's article for improvement (week 26, 2020)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: William Mariner (writer) Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Ship canal • Anna Holmlund Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 22 June 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

The Signpost: 28 June 2020[edit]

This week's article for improvement (week 27, 2020)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Fine art Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: William Mariner (writer) • Ship canal Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 29 June 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

WikiCup 2020 July newsletter[edit]

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) 12:33, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 28, 2020)[edit]

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This week's article for improvement (week 29, 2020)[edit]

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This week's article for improvement (week 30, 2020)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Teenage rebellion Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Omakase • Russian Academy of Natural Sciences Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 20 July 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 31, 2020)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Double standard Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Teenage rebellion • Omakase Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 27 July 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

The Signpost: 2 August 2020[edit]

This week's article for improvement (week 32, 2020)[edit]

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This week's article for improvement (week 33, 2020)[edit]

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This week's article for improvement (week 34, 2020)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Act (drama) Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: World map • New World crops Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 17 August 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

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This week's article for improvement (week 35, 2020)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Delivery (commerce) Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Act (drama) • World map Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 24 August 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

Proposed deletion of Eirene (Rome character)[edit]

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Fails WP:GNG.

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The Signpost: 30 August 2020[edit]

This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2020)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Skurfing (sport) Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Delivery (commerce) • Act (drama) Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 31 August 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open[edit]

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:05, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup 2020 September newsletter[edit]

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) 19:51, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 37, 2020)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Grease (song) Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Skurfing (sport) • Delivery (commerce) Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 7 September 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 38, 2020)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Asian art Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Grease (song) • Skurfing (sport) Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 14 September 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced[edit]

G'day everyone, voting for the 2020 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2020. Thanks from the outgoing coord team, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 05:18, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors September 2020 Newsletter[edit]

Guild of Copy Editors September 2020 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the September GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since June 2020.                  Current and upcoming events September Drive: Our current backlog-elimination drive is open until 23:59 on 30 September (UTC) and is open to all copy editors. Sign up today! Election reminder: our end-of-year Election of Coordinators opens for nominations on 1 December. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. Drive and Blitz reports June Blitz: An uncorrected typo (even copy editors make copy editing mistakes!) led to an eight-day "leap blitz" from 14 to 21 June, focusing on requests and articles tagged in May. 19 participating editors claimed 54 copy edits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. July Drive: Over 750,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event, keeping pace with the previous three self-isolated drives. Of the 38 people who signed up, 30 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here. August Blitz: From 16 to 22 August, we copy edited articles tagged in June and July 2020 and requests. 12 participating editors completed 37 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Other news June election: Jonesey95 was chosen to continue as lead coordinator, assisted by Baffle gab1978, Tdslk, Twofingered Typist, and first-time coordinator Puddleglum2.0. Reidgreg took a break after serving for a couple years. Thanks to everyone who participated! Progress report: As of 01:33, 18 September 2020 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors had processed 532 requests since 1 January and there were 38 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 433 (see monthly progress graph above). Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Puddleglum2.0, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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This week's article for improvement (week 39, 2020)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Pig Latin Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Asian art • Grease (song) Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 21 September 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

Join the Months of African Cinema Global Contest![edit]

Greetings! The AfroCine Project invites you to join us again this October and November, the two months which are dedicated to improving content about the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand contents in Wikimedia projects which are connected to this scope. Kindly list your username under the participants section to indicate your interest in participating in this contest. We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners: Overall winner 1st - $500 2nd - $200 3rd - $100 Diversity winner - $100 Gender-gap fillers - $100 Language Winners - up to $100* We would be adding additional categories as the contest progresses, along with local prizes from affiliates in your countries. For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. Looking forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 19:22, 22nd September 2020 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 27 September 2020[edit]

The Signpost: 27 September 2020[edit]

This week's article for improvement (week 40, 2020)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: August 2016 Aden bombing Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Pig Latin • Asian art Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 28 September 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 41, 2020)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Trout Mask Replica Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: August 2016 Aden bombing • Pig Latin Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 5 October 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 42, 2020)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Organisms at high altitude Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Trout Mask Replica • August 2016 Aden bombing Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 12 October 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2020)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Reader Rabbit Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Organisms at high altitude • Trout Mask Replica Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 19 October 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 44, 2020)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Organization Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Reader Rabbit • Organisms at high altitude Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 26 October 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

The Signpost: 1 November 2020[edit]

This week's article for improvement (week 45, 2020)[edit]

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WikiCup 2020 November newsletter[edit]

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) 11:37, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November![edit]

Greetings, Thank you very much for participating in the Months of African Cinema global contest/edit-a-thon, and thank you for your contributions so far. It is already the middle of the contest and a lot have been achieved already! We have been able to get over 1,500 articles created in over fifteen (15) languages! This would not have been possible without your support and we want to thank you. If you have not yet listed your name as a participant in the contest page please do so. Please make sure to list the articles you have created or improved in the article achievements' section of the contest page, so that they can be easily tracked. To be able to claim prizes, please also ensure to list your articles on the users by articles page. We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners: Overall winner 1st - $500 2nd - $200 3rd - $100 Diversity winner - $100 Gender-gap filler - $100 Language Winners - up to $100* We are very excited about what has been achieved so far, but your contributions are still needed to further exceed all expectations! Let’s create more articles before the end of this contest, which is this November!!! Thank you once again for being part of this global event! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 10:30, 06 November 2020 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 46, 2020)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Chinese folklore Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Cultural exchange • Organization Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 9 November 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

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The Signpost: 29 November 2020[edit]

This week's article for improvement (week 49, 2020)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Latin music (genre) Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Industry • List of pre-Columbian inventions and innovations of indigenous Americans Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 23:16, 30 November 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 50, 2020)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Bengali cuisine Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Latin music (genre) • Industry Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 7 December 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

December 2020 Guild of Copy Editors Newsletter[edit]

Guild of Copy Editors December 2020 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the December GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since September 2020.                  Current and upcoming events Election time: our end-of-year Election of Coordinators opened for nominations on 1 December and will close on 15 December at 23:59 (UTC). Voting opens at 00:01 the following day and will continue until 31 December at 23:59, just before Auld Lang Syne. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. December Blitz: This will run from 13 to 19 December, and will target all Requests. Sign up now. Drive and Blitz reports September Drive: 67 fewer articles had copy-edit templates by this month's close. Of the 27 editors who signed up, 15 copy-edited at least one article, and 124 articles were claimed for the drive. October Blitz: this ran from 18 to 24 October, and focused on articles tagged for copy-edit in July and August 2020, and all Requests. Of the 13 who signed up, 11 editors copy-edited at least one article. 21 articles were claimed for the blitz. November Drive: Of the 18 editors who signed up, 15 copy-edited at least one article, and together claimed 134 articles. At the close of the drive, 67 fewer articles were in the backlog and we had dealt with 39 requests. Other news Progress report: As of 09:05, 3 December 2020 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors had processed 663 requests (18 from 2019) since 1 January and there were 52 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 494 (see monthly progress graph above). Annual Report for 2020: this roundup of the year's activity at the Guild is planned for publication in late January or early February. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Seasonal tidings and cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Puddleglum2.0, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open[edit]

G'day all, the nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject newcomer and Historian of the Year are open, all editors are encouraged to nominate candidates for the awards before until 23:59 (GMT) on 15 December 2020, after which voting will occur for 14 days. There is not much time left to nominate worthy recipients, so get to it! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 06:45, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 51, 2020)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Christmas ham Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Bengali cuisine • Latin music (genre) Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 14 December 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

Precious anniversary 8[edit]

Precious

Eight years!

- 250 years Beethoven, DYK? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:46, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

Oh my gosh Gerda. I am always honored by the award!--Mark Miller (talk) 06:11, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Kaʻiulani[edit]

An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Kaiulani in 1897, wearing pearl necklace (PPWD-15-3.016, restored).jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 15:20, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 52, 2020)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Edible Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Christmas ham • Bengali cuisine Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 21 December 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 53, 2020)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Fishing industry Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Edible • Christmas ham Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 28 December 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

The Signpost: 28 December 2020[edit]

Voting for "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" closing[edit]

G'day all, voting for the WikiProject Military history "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" is about to close, so if you haven't already, click on the links and have your say before 23:59 (GMT) on 30 December! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 23:35, 28 December 2020 (UTC) for the coord team

Welcome to the 2021 WikiCup![edit]

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) 11:10, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 1, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Pork chop Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Fishing industry • Edible Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 4 January 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 2, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Lumbersexual Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Pork chop • Fishing industry Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 11 January 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 3, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Mountain pass Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Lumbersexual • Pork chop Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 18 January 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 4, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Viral phenomenon Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Mountain pass • Lumbersexual Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 25 January 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

The Signpost: 31 January 2021[edit]

This week's article for improvement (week 5, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Lumbersexual Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Viral phenomenon • Mountain pass Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 1 February 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 6, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Media market Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Lumbersexual • Viral phenomenon Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 8 February 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 7, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Blibber-Blubber Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Media market • Lumbersexual Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 15 February 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 8, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Huizhou Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Blibber-Blubber • Media market Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 22 February 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

The Signpost: 28 February 2021[edit]

This week's article for improvement (week 9, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Emergency management Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Huizhou • Blibber-Blubber Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 1 March 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

WikiCup 2021 March newsletter[edit]

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.

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 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:25, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 10, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Chicken nugget Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Emergency management • Huizhou Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 8 March 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 11, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Hobby Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Chicken nugget • Emergency management Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 15 March 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 12, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Name Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Hobby • Chicken nugget Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 22 March 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

Disambiguation link notification for March 22[edit]

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Keʻelikōlani, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Hiram Bingham.

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 06:15, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

Thank you bot.--Mark Miller (talk) 20:04, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 March 2021[edit]

This week's article for improvement (week 13, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Mixed climbing Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Name • Hobby Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 29 March 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive[edit]

Hey y'all, the April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive begins at 00:01 UTC on April 1, 2021 and runs through 23:59 UTC on April 31, 2021. Points can be earned through reviewing articles on the AutoCheck report, reviewing articles listed at WP:MILHIST/ASSESS, reviewing MILHIST-tagged articles at WP:GAN or WP:FAC, and reviewing articles submitted at WP:MILHIST/ACR. Service awards and barnstars are given for set points thresholds, and the top three finishers will receive further awards. To participate, sign up at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_History/April 2021 Reviewing Drive#Participants and create a worklist at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/April 2021 Reviewing Drive/Worklists (examples are given). Further details can be found at the drive page. Questions can be asked at the drive talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:25, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 14, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Recreation room Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Mixed climbing • Name Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 5 April 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 15, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Thai comics Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Recreation room • Mixed climbing Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 12 April 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 16, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Do-rag Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Thai comics • Recreation room Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 19 April 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

The Signpost: 25 April 2021[edit]

This week's article for improvement (week 17, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Huizhou Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Do-rag • Thai comics Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 03:05, 26 April 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

The Signpost: 25 April 2021[edit]

Queering Wikipedia 2021 User Group Working Days: May 14–16[edit]

The Wikimedia LGBTQ+ User Group is holding online working days in May. As a member of WikiProject LGBT studies, editing on LGBTQ+ issues or if you identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community, come help us set goals, develop our organisation and structures, consider how to respond to issues faced by Queer editors, and plan for the next 12 months.

We will be meeting online for 3 half-days, 14–16 May at 1400–1730 UTC. While our working language is English, we are looking to accommodate users who would prefer to participate in other languages, including translation facilities.

More information, and registration details, at QW2021.--Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group 02:35, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

Cool, starts on my birthday. ;)--Mark Miller (talk) 04:38, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 May newsletter[edit]

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.

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. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:27, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 18, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Fashion accessory Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Huizhou • Do-rag Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 3 May 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 19, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Tattoo Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Fashion accessory • Huizhou Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 10 May 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

Martok[edit]

Thank you on behalf of Wikipedia and Star Trek fans for being a part of the Star Trek project. In case you did not see the article alert, Martok was put up for AFD today here. Lets try to avoid a repeat of Weyoun, which was deleted with one vote! Starspotter (talk) 18:13, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 20, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Desktop computer Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Tattoo • Fashion accessory Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 17 May 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 21, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Pork chop Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Desktop computer • Tattoo Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 24 May 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 22, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Trench Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Pork chop • Desktop computer Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 31 May 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 23, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Learned society Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Trench • Pork chop Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 7 June 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 24, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Savoriness Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Learned society • Trench Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 14 June 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 25, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Alida Morberg Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Savoriness • Learned society Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 21 June 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

GOCE June 2021 newsletter[edit]

Guild of Copy Editors June 2021 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, our first newsletter of 2021, which is a brief update of Guild activities since December 2020. To unsubscribe, follow the link at the bottom of this box. Current events Election time: Voting in our mid-year Election of Coordinators opened on 16 June and will conclude at the end of the month. GOCE coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Have your say and show support here. June Blitz: Our June copy-editing blitz is underway and will conclude on 26 June. Drive and blitz reports January Drive: 28 editors completed 324 copy edits totalling 714,902 words. At the end of the drive, the backlog had reached a record low of 52 articles. (full results) February Blitz: 15 editors completed 48 copy edits totalling 142,788 words. (full results) March Drive: 29 editors completed 215 copy edits totalling 407,736 words. (full results) April Blitz: 12 editors completed 23 copy edits totalling 56,574 words. (full results) May Drive: 29 editors completed 356 copy edits totalling 479,013 words. (full results) Other news Progress report: as of 26 June, GOCE participants had completed 343 Requests since 1 January. The backlog has fluctuated but remained in control, with a low of 52 tagged articles at the end of January and a high of 620 articles in mid-June. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Tenryuu and Twofingered Typist, and from member Reidgreg. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors at 12:38, 26 June 2021 (UTC).

The Signpost: 27 June 2021[edit]

This week's article for improvement (week 26, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Christmas ham Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Alida Morberg • Savoriness Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 28 June 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

WikiCup 2021 July newsletter[edit]

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.

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. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:29, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 27, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Organized religion Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Christmas ham • Alida Morberg Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 5 July 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 28, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: International Army Games Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Organized religion • Christmas ham Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 12 July 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

ref=harv[edit]

BTW this is pointless. You don't need to add those. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 01:04, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

I noticed this but wasn't clear as I see this on so many articles. Thanks.--Mark Miller (talk) 21:17, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

It used to be the case (several hundred thousands articles in fact), but you shouldn't be seeing it articles anymore since it was no longuer needed after April 2020. Case in point, as of right now, exactly 0 articles use this (the exact count may differ when you read this, since a few people still add it out of habit, but those get purged fairly quickly). Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 21:25, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 29, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: International law Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: International Army Games • Organized religion Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 19 July 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

The Signpost: 25 July 2021[edit]

This week's article for improvement (week 30, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Episode Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: International law • International Army Games Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 26 July 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 31, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Organ (anatomy) Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Episode • International law Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 2 August 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 32, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Act (drama) Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Organ (anatomy) • Episode Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 9 August 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 33, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Crème brûlée Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Act (drama) • Organ (anatomy) Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 16 August 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 33, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Crème brûlée Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Act (drama) • Organ (anatomy) Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 02:15, 16 August 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 34, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Grocery store Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Crème brûlée • Act (drama) Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 23 August 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

The Signpost: 29 August 2021[edit]

This week's article for improvement (week 35, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Mona Sahlin Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Grocery store • Crème brûlée Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 30 August 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open[edit]

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:59, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

WikiCup 2021 September newsletter[edit]

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.

If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, 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). If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. 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) 13:01, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Past Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Mona Sahlin • Grocery store Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 6 September 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nomination period closing soon[edit]

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are still open, but not for long. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! No further nominations will be accepted after that time. Voting will commence on 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:43, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 37, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: History of art Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Past • Mona Sahlin Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 13 September 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

WikiProject Military history coordinator election voting has commenced[edit]

Hey y'all, voting for the 2021 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2021. Voting will be conducted at the 2021 tranche page itself. Appropriate questions for the candidates can also be asked. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:39, 15 September 2021 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 38, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Student exchange program Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: History of art • Past Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 20 September 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election voting period closing soon[edit]

Hey y'all, voting for the 2021 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche will be closing soon. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2021. Voting will be conducted at the 2021 tranche page itself. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:33, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

The Signpost: 26 September 2021[edit]

This week's article for improvement (week 39, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: No such thing as a stupid question Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Student exchange program • History of art Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 27 September 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

September 2021 Guild of Copy Editors newsletter[edit]

Guild of Copy Editors September 2021 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the September GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since June 2021.                  Current and upcoming events September Drive: Our current backlog-elimination drive is open until 23:59 on 30 September (UTC) and is open to all copy editors. Sign up today! Drive and Blitz reports June Blitz: From 20 to 26 June, 6 participating editors claimed 16 copy edits, focusing on requests and articles tagged in March and April. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. July Drive: Almost 575,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 24 people who signed up, 18 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here. August Blitz: From 15 to 21 August, we copy edited articles tagged in April and May 2021 and requests. 9 participating editors completed 17 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Other news June election: Jonesey95 was chosen to continue as lead coordinator, assisted by Dhtwiki, Tenryuu, and Miniapolis. New maintenance template added to our project scope: After a short discussion in June, we added {{cleanup tense}} to the list of maintenance templates that adds articles to the Guild's copy editing backlog categories. This change added 198 articles, spread over 97 months of backlog, to our queue. We processed all of those articles except for those from the three or four most recent months during the July backlog elimination drive (Here's a link to a "tense" discussion during the drive). Progress report: As of 18:26, 24 September 2021 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 468 requests since 1 January and there were 60 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 433 (see monthly progress graph above). Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Dhtwiki, Tenryuu, and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Welcome to the Months of African Cinema Global Contest![edit]

Greetings! The AfroCine Project core team is happy to inform you that the Months of African Cinema Contest is happening again this year in October and November. We invite Wikipedians all over the world to join in improving content related to African cinema on Wikipedia! Please list your username under the participants’ section of the contest page to indicate your interest in participating in this contest. The term "African" in the context of this contest, includes people of African descent from all over the world, which includes the diaspora and the Caribbean. The following prizes would be recognized at the end of the contest: Overall winner 1st - $500 2nd - $200 3rd - $100 Diversity winner - $100 Gender-gap fillers - $100 Language Winners - up to $100* Also look out for local prizes from affiliates in your countries or communities! For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. We look forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 23:20, 30th September 2021 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 40, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Geographer Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: No such thing as a stupid question • Student exchange program Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 4 October 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 41, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Fish sauce Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Geographer • No such thing as a stupid question Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 11 October 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 42, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Personality Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Fish sauce • Geographer Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 18 October 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Postmodernism Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Personality • Fish sauce Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 25 October 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

The Signpost: 31 October 2021[edit]

This week's article for improvement (week 44, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Isabel Adrian Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Postmodernism • Personality Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 1 November 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

WikiCup 2021 November newsletter[edit]

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)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Kameʻeiamoku and Kamanawa family tree[edit]

Template:Kameʻeiamoku and Kamanawa family tree has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. WikiCleanerMan (talk) 21:59, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 45, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Air sports Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Isabel Adrian • Postmodernism Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 8 November 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

Nathan Edmondson[edit]

Hi. My attempts to get others to help regarding an editor blanking content from the Nathan Edmondson article, and refusing to discuss the matter, have only been slightly successful. I've contacted three other admins, and put messages on the WikiComics Project talk page, and only two other editors have so far responded. Since you've participated in disputes regarding comics articles before, can you offer your views in the discussions? My analysis of the blanking, which I did at the request of another editor who alerted me to the problem, is here. The subsequent RfC began here. Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 18:21, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November![edit]

Greetings, It is already past the middle of the contest and we are really excited about the Months of African Contest 2021 achievements so far! We want to extend our sincere gratitude for the time and energy you have invested. If you have not yet participated in the contest, it is not too late to do it. Please list your username as a participant on the contest’s main page. Please remember to list the articles you have improved or created on the article achievements' section of the contest page so they can be tracked. In order to win prizes, be sure to also list your article in the users by articles. Please note that your articles must be present in both the article achievement section on the main contest page, as well as on the Users By Articles page for you to qualify for a prize. We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners: Overall winner 1st - $500 2nd - $200 3rd - $100 Diversity winner - $100 Gender-gap filler - $100 Language Winners - up to $100* Thank you once again for your valued participation! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 18:50, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 46, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Geography of Iceland Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Air sports • Isabel Adrian Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 15 November 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

This week's article for improvement (week 47, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Wholesaling Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Geography of Iceland • Air sports Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 22 November 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

ArbCom 2021 Elections voter message[edit]

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This week's article for improvement (week 48, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Lazarev Sea Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Wholesaling • Geography of Iceland Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 29 November 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

The Signpost: 29 November 2021[edit]

This week's article for improvement (week 49, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Bird food Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Lazarev Sea • Wholesaling Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 6 December 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

December 2021 GOCE Newsletter[edit]

Guild of Copy Editors December 2021 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the December GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since September 2021.                  Current and upcoming events Election time: Our end-of-year election of coordinators opened for nominations on 1 December and will close on 15 December at 23:59 (UTC). Voting opens at 00:01 the following day and will continue until 31 December at 23:59, just before "Auld Lang Syne". Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. December Blitz: We have scheduled a week-long copy-editing blitz for 12 to 18 December. Sign up now! Drive and Blitz reports September Drive: Almost 400,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 27 people who signed up, 21 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here. October Blitz: From 17 to 23 October, we copy edited articles tagged in May and June 2021 and requests. 8 participating editors completed 26 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. November Drive: Over 350,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 21 people who signed up, 14 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here. Other news It is with great sadness that we report the death on 19 November of Twofingered Typist, who was active with the Guild almost daily for the past several years. His contributions long exceeded the thresholds for the Guild's highest awards, and he had a hand in innumerable good and featured article promotions as a willing collaborator. Twofingered Typist also served as a Guild coordinator from July 2019 to June 2021. He is sorely missed by the Wikipedia community. Progress report: As of 30 November, GOCE copyeditors have completed 619 requests in 2021 and there were 51 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog stood at 946 articles tagged for copy-editing (see monthly progress graph above). Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Dhtwiki, Tenryuu, and Miniapolis. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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This week's article for improvement (week 50, 2021)[edit]

Hello, Mark Miller. The article for improvement of the week is: Adventure Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Bird food • Lazarev Sea Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 13 December 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

Survey about History on Wikipedia (If you reside in the United States)[edit]

I am Petros Apostolopoulos, a Ph.D. candidate in Public History at North Carolina State University. My Ph.D. project examines how historical knowledge is produced on Wikipedia. You must be 18 years of age or older, reside in the United States to participate in this study. If you are interested in participating in my research study by offering your own experience of writing about history on Wikipedia, you can click on this link https://ncsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9z4wmR1cIp0qBH8. There are minimal risks involved in this research.

If you have any questions, please let me know. Petros Apostolopoulos, paposto@ncsu.edu Apolo1991 (talk) 15:56, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Precious anniversary[edit]

Precious

Nine years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:54, 17 December 2021 (UTC)