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Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:36, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:01, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
Congrats...
... on Frances Benjamin Johnston POTD. Very interesting subject. – Sca (talk) 12:59, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
- @Sca: Thanks! She is one of my favourites; a fascinating woman not talked about nearly enough. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 15:18, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
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Sorry, just need to jump this between tablet and laptop
Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 11:37, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
WikiCup 2022
Glad to see you in the WikiCup 2022, and hopefully back a bit more on en.wiki. Looking forward to see what you can produce! (P.S. It may be time to archive this talk page a bit.) — Bilorv (talk) 16:06, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
Seeing triple
Howdy. I think your Arbcom request got triplicated. GoodDay (talk) 16:49, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
Media Viewer issues
I think the best way to address this would be to open an RFC at Village pump, proposing that Media Viewer be disabled on the English Wikipedia until the issues are fixed, and list it at WP:CENT - I mention this here because I'm not sure whether such a suggestion at ARBCOM is appropriate given Primefac's statement.
If you want a set of eyes to read over the proposal before opening an RFC for it, I would be happy to help, and I'm sure there are more than a few watchers here who would be willing to do the same. BilledMammal (talk) 17:02, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
- I'll give Arbcom a chance to step in, but, if they don't, I'd appreciate that. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 17:07, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
- Okay. There we are. Well, let's use the Arbcom statement to start.
Media Viewer is fundamentally broken in how it handles credit where multiple people are involved in an image, and that seems both legally and morally dicey, and problematic to our educational mission. Specifically, in cases where a Creator: template[1] is used for one or more of the creators of a media file, it fails, instead stating that the image file is by the first listed creator who has a Creator template alone, stripping out all other creators.
Even in cases where there's more than one Creator: template, this breaks. Consider https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkinson_Call#/media/File:Wilkinson_Call_-_Brady-Handy.jpg where Handy is cut out of the credit line, despite appearing on the image page as a co-creator. For ease of understanding:
Situation | MediaWiki displays credit correctly? |
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Image is credited to one person alone. | Yes |
Image is credited to multiple people, but none of them has a Creator: template. | Yes |
Multiple creators, of which one has a Creator: template | No: Displays only the one with a Creator: template |
Multiple creators, all or multiple of which have a Creator: template | No: Displays only the first one with a Creator: template, ignoring all others. |
In short, Media Viewer causes major attribution errors in images, which is incredibly problematic for an Encyclopedia. It's also likely a major problem for Creative Commons images: Including only some of the creators we're legally required to credit is opening us up to quite a bit of legal risk.
I would like to believe that this will be fixed. However, the issue was reported in 2014, and it has been stated that this will not be fixed until such time as structured data... something something. Honestly, it's not very clear how structured data is meant to fix this, when even simply having more than one Creator involved in a template, and solutions are being rejected for not looking pretty enough.
If and when the software is fixed, it can easily be reimplemented.
@BilledMammal: How's that look? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 17:18, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
- The RFC itself needs to be a "brief and neutral statement", rather than presenting the argument for one side. I would suggest something like this is likely to be compliant:
Should we temporarily disable Media Viewer while it fails to correctly credit the creators of a image under certain circumstances, as detailed below?
Situation | MediaWiki displays credit correctly? |
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Image is credited to one person alone. | Yes |
Image is credited to multiple people, but none of them has a Creator: template. | Yes |
Multiple creators, of which one has a Creator: template | No: Displays only the one with a Creator: template |
Multiple creators, all or multiple of which have a Creator: template | No: Displays only the first one with a Creator: template, ignoring all others. |
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- And the rest, presenting your arguments about why you believe this is needed, could be included in your own !vote. By the way, I'm going to be busy for the next few hours, so if you respond in that time my response is likely to be delayed - it would also be helpful to wait for others to provide their input, both on the proposal and the broader topic, particularly since I can only help on the former, having no knowledge about the latter. On that topic, it might even be worth having a discussion on Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) prior to having a formal RFC, both as it might be able to resolve the issue without needing to disable Media Viewer, and because it will help you understand the objections that will be raised. BilledMammal (talk) 17:37, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
- @BilledMammal: Well, starting to see movement on this, so probably going to shelve this solution for now. I've waited eight years. A bit longer won't hurt. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 18:38, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
- Hopefully it is resolved soon BilledMammal (talk) 22:22, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
TFP
Thank you for restoring images such as today's featured one! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:27, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
WikiCup & the Good Article Nomination Backlog Drive
Hi there, you're receiving this note because you're currently signed up for the 2022 WikiCup and don't yet have any points in the competition. As you may know, scoring any points in the first round is traditionally sufficient to advance to the second, and a fast way to get 5 points is to complete a good article review. Given that the January 2022 Good Article Nomination Backlog Drive is active for another 10 days, you might be interested in pitching in. Complete one review, and you'll be on to the next round in WikiCup; complete two or three, and you'll also be eligible to win some barnstars. As always, quality reviews with attention to detail are expected. Cheers, --Usernameunique (talk) 19:43, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Avril de Sainte-Croix - Restored, cropped.jpg
An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Avril de Sainte-Croix - Restored, cropped.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 09:15, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/When We All Believe
An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Rose O'Neill - When We All Believe (Santa Claus and children illustration from the 1903 December 2 issue of Puck).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 22:23, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
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Do you know how to remove particularly obstructive watermarks
Hi Adam, the header is basically the question. The specific image is this; out-of-copyright as far as I can tell, and being used in an article. The other coloration of the same image has the watermark much more visible and thumbnail size, but as you can see, in fullsize view the watermark really is everywhere. Do you know if it's possible to clean some of it up where it overlaps image detail, even if quick and dirty? Kingsif (talk) 02:47, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
- @Kingsif: you can remove them with a careful clone stamp or healing brush, but I often find the best plan is to go to image search (Google and Bing, the results vary) and see if I can find an unwarranted version. You've already proved it's out of copyright with the first. There are other tricks: if you can find the watermark on a white background, you might be able to do some image math to edit it out. I'd suggest the Graphics lab. The image math option is probably the best, but a bit outside of my talents. I can have a look in a pinch, but would like to know your exact plans for it, as I wouldn't like to spend ages restoring the ship only to have it cropped. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 14:14, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Pénélope
An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Georges Rochegrosse - Poster for Gabriel Fauré's Pénélope (1913).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 10:10, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIII, January 2022
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February with Women in Red
Women in Red Feb 2022, Vol 8, Issue 2, Nos 214, 217, 220, 221, 222
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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 15:09, 31 January 2022 (UTC) via MassMessaging
TFP
Re Alice Locke Park, how about a new category called Today's Tough Customer (TTC)? – Sca (talk) 13:39, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
- Heh. Well, y'know, have to be tough to do what she did. People who go against the grain like her - pacifists in World War I, vegetarians in early 1900s America, suffragists.... they have to be tough. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.5% of all FPs 15:20, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Pelléas et Méliisande
An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Georges Rochegrosse - Poster for the prèmiere of Claude Debussy and Maurice Maeterlinck's Pelléas et Mélisande.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 03:54, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Marian Anderson
An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Marian Anderson.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 02:32, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
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Inquiry
Adam, I saw your template on this page and it mentions acquiring copyright and granting license. Shouldn't the restored version (i.e. the file page of your upload) have a Creative Commons license, and NOT have the LOC public domain license? The way it is now, it seems to me that you are releasing your restoration work under the LOC's public domain license; and hence waving your right to any copyright. Bammesk (talk) 19:09, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Bammesk: That's why my Creator template includes a release. I try to not to overclaim, and I'm not sure how this kind of UK copyright works in non-UK countries, so I'm just trying to protect Wikipedia. From me! Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 19:13, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
- I see. I don't know the details of how it works, but that's Ok. All the best and cheers. Bammesk (talk) 19:28, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
- Aye. Just want to try and claim moral rights, without being a dick about reuse, y'know? Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 20:55, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
- I see. I don't know the details of how it works, but that's Ok. All the best and cheers. Bammesk (talk) 19:28, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Bammesk: That's why my Creator template includes a release. I try to not to overclaim, and I'm not sure how this kind of UK copyright works in non-UK countries, so I'm just trying to protect Wikipedia. From me! Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 19:13, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Rosalind Goodrich Bates
An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Rosalind Goodrich Bates (1931).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 20:42, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
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Do you take requests?
Because if so, could you restore File:Watertown Square, -1, Watertown, N.Y LCCN2007661131.tif? You have a lot of talent in doing this stuff, and this image could use some restoring. If not: 😥 Lallint⟫⟫⟫Talk 01:18, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Lallint: I do take requests, but I'm afraid that scan is too small to do much with. File:Watertown, N.Y. LOC 75694867.tif maybe? Although it'll need to wait until after February: I promised myself to only do African-American content this month. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 03:22, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
Cosima Wagner
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Thank you for support to make her article more accessible. (Please follow discussion format, indicating support by using the word.) This specific biography was a subject during the arb case, did you know? When an infobox was added to the article on Christmas Day 2012, I didn't notice, and would not even have known that it was a "hot" topic (and I never understood why). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:26, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
Valentine's Day edition, with spring flowers and plenty of music --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:27, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
Thank you for restoring today's picture, - I smiled ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:19, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
stand and sing --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:06, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
Help
Hello Adam,
Would you be able to help me to remove the glare from the eyeglass in
. I may spoil the picture if I try it in photoshop. If possible, please do help. DreamSparrow Chat 10:17, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Sissieretta Jones
An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:The Black Patti, Mme. M. Sissieretta Jones, The Greatest Singer of her Race.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 03:08, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/St. Louis Woman
An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Portrait of Pearl Bailey as Butterfly in St. Louis Woman.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 01:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
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Remember ships?
I thought this was a cool pic. – Sca (talk) 19:41, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
@Sca: That is a gorgeous picture. If you can find an article for it... Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 22:45, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
- Alas, there ain't one for this specific 'laker' vessel. There is Lake freighter, but most of the pics there are of modern ships. I could imagine someone adding an illustrated historical section, but that wouldn't be me. There's this guy, who's a Brit, and who features the pic on his user page, but I don't know anything else about him. – Sca (talk) 13:21, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- PS: Makes a nice desktop background (cropped a bit & straightened). – Sca (talk) 13:26, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Sca: I think I'll write an article about this ship. GreatLakesShips (talk) 15:17, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- GLShips: Xcllnt. Have at it & keep us posted. – Sca (talk) 13:31, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Sca: Will do. GreatLakesShips (talk) 13:33, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- That was quick! – Sca (talk) 13:36, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- The ping appeared just as I logged in. GreatLakesShips (talk) 13:46, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- BTW, this user grew up about 150 mi. (240 km) from Lake Superior. – Sca (talk) 13:56, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- The ping appeared just as I logged in. GreatLakesShips (talk) 13:46, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- That was quick! – Sca (talk) 13:36, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Sca: Will do. GreatLakesShips (talk) 13:33, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- GLShips: Xcllnt. Have at it & keep us posted. – Sca (talk) 13:31, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
- Well, that worked out! Right! I'll get to work on it as soon as February's over. (I promised myself to only work on African-Americans this month) Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 19:49, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Seems like that image could go into Soo Locks—compare the building to this. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 20:20, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Sca: I think I'll write an article about this ship. GreatLakesShips (talk) 15:17, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- PS: Makes a nice desktop background (cropped a bit & straightened). – Sca (talk) 13:26, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
- Alas, there ain't one for this specific 'laker' vessel. There is Lake freighter, but most of the pics there are of modern ships. I could imagine someone adding an illustrated historical section, but that wouldn't be me. There's this guy, who's a Brit, and who features the pic on his user page, but I don't know anything else about him. – Sca (talk) 13:21, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:SOTD default
Template:SOTD default has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 11:05, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Marguerite Priola
An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Mademoiselle Priola de l'Opéra Comique, rôle de Javotte dans "Le Roi l'a dit" de Delibes.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 21:41, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Walter Francis White
An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Walter Francis White by Clara Sipprell.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 12:13, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Edmonia Lewis
An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Edmonia Lewis by Henry Rocher.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 20:07, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
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National Medal of Honor Museum
Hi! Just a heads up I replied to your questions at Talk:National Medal of Honor Museum. Please let me know if you need more info! Thanks for your time. Mary Gaulke (talk) 18:39, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
- Hi again! Sorry to pester, but wanted to check on this one last time. If you're not interested in reviewing this anymore, no worries – I just want to add a note on the article talk page so future reviewers don't worry about stepping on your toes if they decide to take a look. Thanks! Mary Gaulke (talk) 00:57, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
Help
Hi, Adam, you're doing an excellent job restoring old pictures. Could you restore those picture: this, this, this, and this? Thank You! TheFreeWorld, 11:50, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Edward Mitchell Bannister
An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Edward Mitchell Bannister by Gustine L. Hurd.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 03:51, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
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March editathons
Women in Red Mar 2022, Vol 8, Issue 3, Nos 214, 217, 222, 223, 224, 225
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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:36, 27 February 2022 (UTC) via MassMessaging
The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIV, February 2022
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Teresa Arkel photo
There is a high quality photo of WIR Teresa Arkel that may be a good candidate for improvement. TJMSmith (talk) 02:29, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Henry Highland Garnet
An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Henry Highland Garnet by James U. Stead.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 06:13, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2022 March newsletter
And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:
- Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.
- AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.
- Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.
- GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.
- Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.
- SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.
- Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.
These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.
Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.
Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:06, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
Featured picture question
Hi there! As you seem to be the de facto FP expert, I thought I would come to you for some advice. I have been thinking about potentially nominating my first FP for a few days now, but I didn't want to go in blind and I wanted to see if you'd be willing to offer your opinion first. The picture in mind is the one that accompanies John C. Young (college president), and is seen here: File:John C. Young by John Sartain (cropped).jpg (or the uncropped version, File:John C. Young by John Sartain.jpg). I am aware that these image both technically fail the first bullet point of criterion No. 2 (min. 1500 px), but I feel like they could potentially qualify for the "historical" exception, since this is the only quality and size I've managed to find on the internet. My question is - would this have a shot at FP or are there issues that would prevent its promotion? Thank you! PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 05:17, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
- @PCN02WPS: You can sometimes get away with a little smaller than 1500, but this is a bit too small for that, as there's obviously a lot more detail lost. The best way forwards for things like this is generally annoying. I'm pretty sure these will be from a book or magazine, if we can figure out which one, we can try to find it. Of course, whether the library owning it is amenable to scans is also a thing. The second option might be to try to get a Wikimedian in Residence at PAFA, or visit them as researcher. It might work? It's also possible to pay for things. Back before the world fell apart, I did that with a lot of engravings. Only if you're passionate enpugh, though,as the cost adds up. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.6% of all FPs 13:17, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Cabinet card of Sojourner Truth
An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Cabinet Card of Sojourner Truth - Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.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 23:05, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Victoria Woodhull
An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Victoria Claflin Woodhull by Mathew Brady - Oval Portrait.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 00:20, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Benjamin Franklin Tilley
An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Benjamin Franklin Tilley - NH 67313.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 17:46, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Kenje Ogata
An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Kenje Ogata 1943.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 03:39, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
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FPs for the Bugle
Hi Adam, thanks for adding those FPs to the upcoming edition. However, the Bugle operates on a one month backlog for featured content, so the March edition covers February promotions. I've moved the FPs you added to the April edition, at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/April 2022/Articles given they were March promotions. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 04:48, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Billy Bowlegs
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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Nathan Francis Mossell
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April Editathons from Women in Red
Women in Red Apr 2022, Vol 8, Issue 4, Nos 214, 217, 226, 227, 228
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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 22:44, 22 March 2022 (UTC) via MassMessaging
A kitten for you!
I came across your name on the talk page of the WikiCup, and decided to visit your user page. A real pleasure to see so many great pictures of people that are sometimes underrepresented here. Hope this kitten will give you some pleasure in return.
Femke (talk) 20:21, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
Dred Scott
Hi Adam, I saw this thread on Dred Scott's infobox image. There are now more recent images in his article [1] and this set: [2] [3] [4]. I support if you think any of them are worthy FPs and nominate any. Cheers. Bammesk (talk) 17:25, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
A question
Hi again, I restored this image. The image is listed here among the most important photos. Here is the source link: [5]. His head and torso area has a neutral tone but there is yellow/pink-ish fading elsewhere. I can restore (or reduce) the color fading but I am not sure if I should. Should I? Bammesk (talk) 14:50, 27 March 2022 (UTC) . . . . . I did another upload with reduced discoloration and fading, per the image at this source. Bammesk (talk) 17:24, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
Disambiguation link notification for March 29
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXVII, March 2022
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Awesome work and a modest suggestion
Hey Adam! I looked through your userpage, and your restorations are amazing! I saw you have a giant backlog of images you want to restore, but I thought that you might be interested in these images (and maybe be even restoring them, who knows?):
These are copies made by El Lissitzky from the Cold Synagogue, Mogilev. The original mural master is almost unknown, but Marc Chagall claimed to be his descendant.
Anyway, thanks for the great images, it was a pleasure to browse through! Artem.G (talk) 10:45, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
Renomination?
Hi Adam, you might be interested in renominating this image. There are several versions (or prints) of the photo, including some listed at this link. You are well equipped to evaluate historic images. If you nominate any version of it, I will support. Cheers. Bammesk (talk) 01:42, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
Ships vid.
As a onetime nautical nut, you might be interested in this 1938 film of Hamburg harbor. Among others, it shows the hugely ill-fated Wilhelm Gustloff fairly close-up. A tad fuzzy, tho. – Sca (talk) 15:04, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks, Sca! Honestly, I'd love to do more ship images,but there's been some issues. The Russian ones are out during the war, and every time I've stalked MILHIST of late I haven't found great images of things people are working on. I am back ally always willing to help out, especially with FAs and FA pushes. Not sure I can fully keep up when we hit a bunch of good ones in a row, but I can try. got a few Navy people recently, if it helps. Particularly happy with Benjamin Franklin Tilley given how poorly he was illustrated before. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.7% of all FPs 15:51, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
- Just thought you might be personally interested in the 84-year-old footage of shipping activity -- when things were still done mainly by hand. Pretty busy place. -- Sca (talk) 17:01, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
- Oh, aye. There's a reason maritime museums are my favourites. It's walking through eras of history I wish I could experience. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.7% of all FPs 18:39, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
- Just thought you might be personally interested in the 84-year-old footage of shipping activity -- when things were still done mainly by hand. Pretty busy place. -- Sca (talk) 17:01, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
Oh, hey... File:USS Johnston (DD-557) underway on 27 October 1943 (NH 63495).jpg looks very promising... Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.7% of all FPs 16:04, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
Long Tack Sam
OK with me - wouldn't even have noticed... --Janke | Talk 14:09, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:Original
Template:Original has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Izno (talk) 02:33, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
MediaViewer and attribution
Hi there! I noticed your post on the Signpost talk page about your concerns regarding MediaViewer and attribution. I would be interested in potentially covering this in the next issue. Could you explain a bit more about what it is? Thanks! 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 21:26, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
- Okay. As you may know, on Commons, templates get used to attribute works for common creators. For example, Commons:Creator:Mathew Brady can be transcluded to attribute it to Mathew Brady. The trouble is that:
- Only the first Creator template gets used by Media Viewer to assign credit. So, let's say that the work is a Brady/Handy work, and therefore includes both Commons:Creator:Mathew Brady and Commons:Creator:Levin Corbin Handy. Only the first will be shown.
- Secondly, it strips all additional text outside of the Creator template. So, for example, if a person does a restoration, and doesn't have a Creator: template for themselves, they won't be credited ever. This also means that if the restorationist does have a Creator: template, he can steal credit from the photographer/artist.
- This situation has been like this for the last 8 years, since Media Viewer went in, and was reported just after MediaViewer was created. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.7% of all FPs 00:24, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
- @EpicPupper: User_talk:Adam_Cuerden#Media_Viewer_issues has a bunch of background, and I can provide more sources as needed. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.7% of all FPs 18:55, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Lucia Chamberlain 2
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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Long Tack Sam
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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/USS Johnston (DD-557)
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in case of interest
April songs |
I admire the stady flow of highestquality images! - Ukraine day today: Maks Levin DYK, expanding Kyiv Symphony Orchestra (have tickets), and creating Anthony Robin Schneider, the bass who could be heard opening the singing in Beethoven's Ninth twice on 10 March 2022, live in Frankfurt, Germany, and recorded in Auckland, New Zealand, singing "Freiheit!" (freedom) instead of "Freude" (joy), in a tradition started after the Fall of the Wall. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:21, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
- Sounds fantastic! And I hope Kyiv soon returns to its vibrant self. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 7.7% of all FPs 23:50, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
- more sounds: Dove sono (Where are those happy moments ...?) - concert with Kyiv orchestra and Aleksey Semenenko (quite a story!) tonight --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:48, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Roma
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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Dorothy Houston Jacobson
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIII, April 2022
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May Women in Red events
Women in Red May 2022, Vol 8, Issue 5, Nos 214, 217, 227, 229, 230
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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:51, 30 April 2022 (UTC) via MassMessaging
Maria Laurin
Sorry to keep bothering you, Adam, but I am about to write a short biography of the Swedish opera singer Maria Laurin, married name Maria Gelhaar, and see there is a reasonable portrait here but I can't download it. Can you help? If you are not too busy, I wonder if you could improve the images on Paula Lizell and Liva Järnefelt. If not, I'll clip off the offensive borders myself.--Ipigott (talk) 09:47, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
- I've now downloaded. As with the other, I will probably clip of the margins and handwritten summary -- unless you think any worth serious improvement.--Ipigott (talk) 05:50, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Lilly Walleni
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Thank you for great images about great women finally getting articles in English! I have the quirky DYK today, which is rare, and I don't quite know why music for peace was deemed quirky. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:52, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
- Glad to see this one has been promoted. Congratulations!--Ipigott (talk) 05:46, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
- today performances in Ukraine - for Ukraine - for peace, at the bottom an imaginary set of eight DYK - and more May pics--Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:06, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
- today more pics, and should this woman have an article? - or only her sons? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:17, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Grassmarket, Edinburgh
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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Jasper Francis Cropsey
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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/William Harvey Carney
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- ^ Creator: templates are a common way of assigning credit to images on Commons. For instance, commons:Creator:Alfons_Mucha might be used so that instead of typing in that the artist is "Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939)" you'd instead just put in {{Creator:Alfons_Mucha}}, which automatically provides years of birth and death and other useful information in a handy table, and links to the relevant Wikidata, Wikipedia pages, and other such things.