WikiCup 2022 July newsletter
The third round of the 2022 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 180 points, which is a lower figure than last year when 294 points were needed to progress to round 4. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
- BennyOnTheLoose, with 746 points, a tally built both on snooker and other sports topics, and on more general subjects.
- Bloom6132, with 683 points, garnered mostly from "In the news" items and related DYKs.
- Sammi Brie, with 527, from a variety of submissions related to radio and television stations.
Between them contestants achieved 5 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 51 good articles, 149 DYK entries, 68 ITN entries, and 109 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article nomination, 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. WikiCup judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:51, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
Question from MrFloro (22:37, 3 July 2022)
Volevo delle informazioni dove posso trovare qualche articolo sulla gentes romana Floria? --MrFloro (talk) 22:37, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
Question from Lmetzger21 (22:56, 4 July 2022)
Hi, you’ve been assigned as my mentor and I’m obviously new and trying to figure some stuff out related to editing a page. I’m working on updating the page for my community’s public garden and I wanted to add some links to connect the sculpture exhibitions listed on the Wikipedia to the official webpages of the exhibits. When I added them they were removed. Is it frowned upon to add external links? Thank you for any advice you have! --Lmetzger21 (talk) 22:56, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
- @Lmetzger21: Hey! Yeah, it's normally frowned upon to add external links to articles. If it falls under any of these criteria, then it probably shouldn't be added. Best! Signed,The4lines |||| (Talk) (Contributions) 01:57, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
CCI case
Hi @The4lines. I hope you're good. A case was opened at CCI recently and I see you commented there as well. As a global permissions VRT agent, I've taken care of the copyrights associated with it. It doesn't need anymore work. Could you please archive it now? It doesn't need any further investigation. Since, I don't know how CCI operates, I'm leaving this work for you. Thanks. ─ The Aafī (talk) 02:59, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
- @TheAafi: Done, thanks for your work. Best! Signed,The4lines |||| (Talk) (Contributions) 16:05, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks mate. This was both an interesting and weird VRTS ticket that I've handled so far. ─ The Aafī (talk) 16:10, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
- If permission is confirmed you should tag the talk pages with {{Ticket confirmation}}, provide attribution if applicable and remove any copyright tags. MER-C 18:49, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
- MER-C, that's already done days ago. All the relevant talk pages of drafts/articles have been tagged with the permission. ─ The Aafī on Mobile (talk) 18:58, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
- all other articles/drafts, even most of those that have been restored after copyright permission have notability problems and I don't feel these would live for more than six months but I'm hopeful that this editor works on these, as they seem to be passionate. ─ The Aafī on Mobile (talk) 19:03, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
- MER-C, that's already done days ago. All the relevant talk pages of drafts/articles have been tagged with the permission. ─ The Aafī on Mobile (talk) 18:58, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
- If permission is confirmed you should tag the talk pages with {{Ticket confirmation}}, provide attribution if applicable and remove any copyright tags. MER-C 18:49, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks mate. This was both an interesting and weird VRTS ticket that I've handled so far. ─ The Aafī (talk) 16:10, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – July 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2022).
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Interface administrator changes
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user_global_editcount
is a new variable that can be used in abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users. (T130439)
- An arbitration case regarding conduct in deletion-related editing has been opened.
- The New Pages Patrol queue has around 10,000 articles to be reviewed. As all administrators have the patrol right, please consider helping out. The queue is here. For further information on the state of the project, see the latest NPP newsletter.