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Welcome to the 2020 WikiCup!
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)
Suspected sockpuppet
Hi, one of the pages I watchlist, Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky (third Dushinsky rebbe), has had activity lately from two different accounts that have similar usernames, User:Rabbi Barry and User:Barry1948. I don't think it's malicious, but maybe the person is opening accounts on different computers and is not aware of sockpuppetry. Would you be able to look into this? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 20:24, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
- Yoninah, the place to open a sockpuppetry inquiry is WP:SPI. However, please note that for somebody to conduct a check, you need actual evidence that the user in question has abused multiple accounts in order to gain some kind of advantage. As SPI puts it: CheckUsers will conduct a technical investigation only if clear, behavioural evidence of sock puppetry is also submitted; if you ask for technical evidence to be looked at but do not provide behavioural evidence, the investigation may not be allowed to proceed (my emphasis). In looking at the page you linked, I can't see any evidence of actual sockpuppetry - that is, using multiple accounts to gain an advantage. In short, the accounts may indeed be the same user but if they are not editing abusively, an SPI investigation may be rejected. This is not an area I have great familiarity with however, so if you want a definitive response I suggest you ask an admin with checkuser for advice. Gatoclass (talk) 06:35, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
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DYK for Andrés Prado
On 23 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Andrés Prado, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that guitarist Cory Wong (pictured, left) was mentored by Peruvian guitarist Andrés Prado and Prince's drummer Michael Bland? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Andrés Prado), 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. |
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Proposed deletion of List of ships named Galatea
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WikiCup 2020 March newsletter
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)
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WikiCup newsletter correction
There was an error in the WikiCup 2020 March newsletter; L293D should not have been included in the list of top ten scorers in Round 1 (they led the list last year), instead, Dunkleosteus77 should have been included, having garnered 334 points from five good articles on animals, living or extinct, and various reviews. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:30, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
Carroll
Hi... when I looked at those images before, I was fairly certain that image was the Carroll and not the sister ship, despite what the source said. In this image, if you zoom in, you can see "C A R R O L L" written above the bridge house. Going back to the image in question, you can see the same sign above the bridge house, and it has seven letters, meaning it can't be the Worcester. While not as legible, you can kind of see the pattern matching "Carroll", particularly the A and the two Ls at the end. You can also vaguely make out the "C A" at the bow at the ship. Carl Lindberg (talk) 03:22, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
- Well that's a pretty darned good bit of sleuthing Carl! Maybe you missed your vocation!
- Anyhow, you've proved your point - feel free to revert whenever you like :) Gatoclass (talk) 03:35, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks, see you already have :-) I probably should have noted the research on the image, given the question at the source. I'll go copy this to the talk page there ;-) Carl Lindberg (talk) 06:09, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
Talk:USS Kwajalein/GA1
Gatoclass, you opened this review on February 23 with a comment or two and haven't posted to it since. Just a reminder that it's still out there and awaiting your return. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:16, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
- BlueMoonset, can I just close it? The creator never responded, and I'm struggling with a health issue at the moment and trying to cut down on my Wiki activities for the time being as a consequence. Gatoclass (talk) 07:52, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
- Gatoclass, how about if I ping the nominator and see whether they plan to address your comment or not. (They may not have noticed it in the midst of all that boilerplate.) If not, or if we don't hear back within seven days, then you close it—I'll post here at that point to give you the go-ahead. If they do work on it, I'll find a new reviewer to take over and finish the review process, so you don't need to worry about it while you concentrate on your health. Best wishes on dealing with that health issue! BlueMoonset (talk) 16:53, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
- Follow-up: the nominator has already responded and edited the article to address the UNDUE issue. I don't know whether you wanted to check to see whether the changes fully take care of it. At this point, the review should proceed rather than being closed; if you'd like, I'll look for a replacement editor. Let me know how you'd like to proceed and I'll do the necessary. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 19:31, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
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April Fools set
Hi, I REALLY appreciate your getting involved. But I think you're reading too closely into the actual wording. "some atheists believe" is much snappier than "some atheists profess belief". Best, Yoninah (talk) 09:58, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
- Okay, this is not a final version right now, I am just verifying the set and making a few tweaks as I go, just as I normally do, we've still got a couple of days to discuss wording and I will be opening a discussion on WT:DYK to discuss any wording changes I make or that I think are appropriate. Gatoclass (talk) 10:03, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
Happy First Edit Day!
DYK USS Herald (1798)
Hi Gatoclass, working with the ALT2 hook is fine by me. Thanks for handling the review.Acad Ronin (talk) 11:06, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Hurricane (clipper)
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Your GA nomination of William D. Gregory
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article William D. Gregory you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Usernameunique -- Usernameunique (talk) 23:02, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
Template:Did you know nominations/Dreeg
Gatoclass, the nominator has posted that the QPQ is done, which was the only issue you raised in your review. Please return when you get a chance to see whether the nom is ready to be approved. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 13:23, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2020 May newsletter
The second round of the 2020 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 75 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top ten contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 186 good articles achieved in total by contestants, and the 355 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.
Our top scorers in round 2 were:
- Epicgenius, with 2333 points from one featured article, forty-five good articles, fourteen DYKs and plenty of bonus points
- Gog the Mild, with 1784 points from three featured articles, eight good articles, a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews and lots of bonus points
- The Rambling Man, with 1262 points from two featured articles, eight good articles and a hundred good article reviews
- Harrias, with 1141 points from two featured articles, three featured lists, ten good articles, nine DYKs and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews
- Lee Vilenski with 869 points, Hog Farm with 801, Kingsif with 719, SounderBruce with 710, Dunkleosteus77 with 608 and MX with 515.
The rules for featured article reviews have been adjusted; reviews may cover three aspects of the article, content, images and sources, and contestants may receive points for each of these three types of review. Please also remember the requirement to mention the WikiCup when undertaking an FAR for which you intend to claim points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth. - MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:44, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
Two article
Hi Gatoclass I write two article with wikipedia roles. Please I wrote two articles according to Wikipedia rules. 1. Draft:Arash Ghaderi 2. Draft:Hasan Rahnamaeian Please check them and accept if there is no problem. Warm regards. Omid ahmadyani (talk) 10:12, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
I'm sorry Omid ahmadyani, but I'm extremely busy both on and off wikipedia right now and couldn't possibly take on any more work at the moment. Somebody at Wikiproject Iran might be able to help you. Good luck, Gatoclass (talk) 11:32, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Gravina (clipper)
Hello! Your submission of Gravina (clipper) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 05:18, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
Template:Did you know nominations/Gisele Bündchen
Gatoclass, I just noticed that the nominator did not ping you when they made their most recent comment, so I'm doing so here. Many thanks for taking on the review. BlueMoonset (talk) 13:25, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
- Gatoclass, please make time for this in the next day or two. It shouldn't take very long at all, and the nomination has been waiting for weeks. Thank you. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:15, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
12 years of Adminship!
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DYK for Hurricane (clipper)
On 18 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hurricane (clipper), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Hurricane (pictured), built in Hoboken by Isaac C. Smith in 1851, was reputedly the most extreme clipper ever constructed? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hurricane (clipper). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Hurricane (clipper)), 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. |
— Amakuru (talk) 00:01, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
DYK for Isaac C. Smith
On 18 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Isaac C. Smith, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Hurricane (pictured), built in Hoboken by Isaac C. Smith in 1851, was reputedly the most extreme clipper ever constructed? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Isaac C. Smith), 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. |
— Amakuru (talk) 00:01, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
DYK for William D. Gregory
On 18 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article William D. Gregory, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a "desperate" attempt was made to rescue Captain William D. Gregory and the crew of the sinking clipper Tejuca during a hurricane in 1856? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, William D. Gregory), 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. |
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
DYK for Tejuca
On 18 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tejuca, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a "desperate" attempt was made to rescue Captain William D. Gregory and the crew of the sinking clipper Tejuca during a hurricane in 1856? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tejuca. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Tejuca), 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. |
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Isaac C. Smith
Smith was American and therefore should use mdy format. The formats should also be standardised by WP:DATEVAR. GiantSnowman 16:38, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
DYK for Gravina (clipper)
On 25 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gravina (clipper), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the American-built clipper ship Gravina was named after a Spanish admiral who fought with the French at the Battle of Trafalgar? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gravina (clipper). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Gravina (clipper)), 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. |
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:01, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
Sturgill Simpson
I noticed you haven't touched the Sturgill Simpson GAN in over a month. Did you plan to get back to it soon? Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 03:05, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
- TenPoundHammer, apologies for the delay, I started 10 GAN reviews at once and it's taking me some time to get around to all of them, particularly since a couple of them have turned out to have some issues. Also, off-wiki life suddenly and unexpectedly became very busy a week or two ago, and I expect it to remain so for another couple of weeks, so I've had little time to edit lately. I'm still hopeful of getting my six outstanding GAN reviews including Simpson wrapped up by the end of June, but if you don't want to wait that long, I'm happy to close the Simpson review now so you can find another reviewer. Gatoclass (talk) 04:11, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
- If you've still got a tab on it, that's fine, I can wait. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 12:31, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
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A beer for you!
For the QPQ and other shepherding of the DYK re Herald. Acad Ronin (talk) 11:09, 3 June 2020 (UTC) |
Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago
Ten years! |
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--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:01, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you Gerda :) Gatoclass (talk) 14:33, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you for contribs to the birthday display! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:03, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2020 July newsletter
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)
April–May 2020 GAN Backlog drive
The Invisible Barnstar | ||
Thank you for completing 3 reviews in the April–May 2020 GAN Backlog drive. Your work helped us to reduce the backlog by over 60%. Regards, Harrias talk 08:00, 11 July 2020 (UTC) |
Oh, Harrias, I forgot to say thank you for the barnstar and for the hard work you did verifying the GANs for everybody - now rectified, cheers, Gatoclass (talk) 23:16, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
DYK for T. F. Secor
On 18 July 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article T. F. Secor, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Thomas Powell (pictured) was one of several exceptionally fast Hudson River steamboats of the 1840s powered by the marine engineering works of T. F. Secor? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/T. F. Secor. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, T. F. Secor), 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. |
— Amakuru (talk) 00:01, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
DYK for Thomas Powell (steamboat)
On 18 July 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Thomas Powell (steamboat), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Thomas Powell (pictured) was one of several exceptionally fast Hudson River steamboats of the 1840s powered by the marine engineering works of T. F. Secor? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Thomas Powell (steamboat)), 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. |
— Amakuru (talk) 00:01, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
Open GA reviews
Gatoclass, I was so sorry to see that you have a herniated disc plaguing you at the moment. I hope that the pain diminishes very soon.
For now, however, you opened a number of GA reviews on April 24 that are still ongoing after three months. Since you won't be able to spend any real time on these, I think we have to consider what to do with these.
- Talk:Sturgill Simpson/GA1: you have been working on this one lately. Do you feel you'll be able to finish it?
- Talk:The Doo-Wops & Hooligans Tour/GA3: This hasn't been touched since June 7. I'd like to suggest calling for a second opinion that amounts to a request for a new reviewer to take over.
- Talk:Anuel AA/GA1: there are two minor comments only, both from last week. I'd like to suggest that in this case you withdraw, and this be put back into the pool of nominations waiting for a review.
Please let me know how you'd like to proceed when you're able to post again. I'm happy to take care of the mechanics. Thank you. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:26, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
- BlueMoonset, not at all, I have no intention of abandoning these reviews when I've kept the nominators waiting so long. Besides, I've been pushing on with them, albeit in instalments, and feel I have them in hand. The Simpson GAN will be finished within a day or two, after which I will return to the Doo-Wops nom. The Anuel AA nom I have put on the back burner for now as the nominator has been inactive for some weeks, but I'll return to it when he does.
- Yes, it has been difficult pushing forward with these with a back injury - and thank you for the kind words - but when I said I could only do the "bare minimum" above, I was referring to the open GAN reviews which are all I feel capable of handling at the moment. The notice above was really intended as a kind of apology for being unable to assist with DYK promotions right now - hopefully I'll be able to return to assisting at DYK when the GANs are out of the way. Gatoclass (talk) 02:26, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
- Hey Gatoclass, Anuel AA nominator here - I too am very sorry to hear about your injury. I hope you feel better soon. I noticed you have been making helpful edits to the page, but I haven't seen any comments on the GA review page. If you have any suggestions for how I can improve the page, I'd be happy to do so. Of course, there is no rush and your health is most important. Get well soon! Basilisk4u (talk) 22:42, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
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Hi, I saw your nomination at DYK and was so excited that I know something about the Civil War now! I just watched the 1936 film Hearts in Bondage which recreates the Battle of Hampton Roads, and learned a lot about it while researching the article expansion. Best, Yoninah (talk) 18:53, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
- So Yoninah, you are saying that you saw the movie and wrote the expansion shortly just before you noticed my article on the same topic? Well, that's quite a coincidence - Jung might call it an example of sychronicity :)
- With regard to your article expansion, I did notice however that you say in the synopsis that Virginia was refitted for use as a "blockade runner". I'm not sure if the movie actually states that or that assumption has just crept in to your expansion, but Virginia was not designed as a "blockade runner", in fact as the CSS Virginia article states, she wasn't even capable of putting to sea as she wasn't sufficiently seaworthy. So if the movie describes the vessel as a blockade runner, you might want to add a note that that is historically inaccurate, or alternatively, just delete the statement. Regards, Gatoclass (talk) 23:09, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
- Yes, it was sychronicity! I just posted my DYK hook yesterday.
- There are a number of historical inaccuracies in the film, as the critical reviews point out. But I'll delete those few words. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 23:14, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
- Synchronous events are a buzz, I love it when, for example, you think of a song you haven't heard in decades and then you turn on the radio and they are playing it! The coincidences are sometimes really astonishing. I have often meant to keep a record of synchronous events but have never quite gotten around to it :) Gatoclass (talk) 23:36, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
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On 3 October 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Continental Iron Works, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that New York's Continental Iron Works, founded in 1861 by Thomas F. Rowland, built the Union Navy warship that engaged in the first battle between ironclads? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Continental Iron Works. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Continental Iron Works), 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. |
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Thomas F. Rowland
What you're actually looking for is WP:DATEVAR. I don't care if you want to restore the nonsense 'YYYY-MM-DD' dates, but do NOT remove the mdy tag. GiantSnowman 19:38, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
- GiantSnowman, the relevant guideline is WP:CITEVAR because it pertains specifically to the cite format, which is the change I objected to. Apologies for removing the mdy tag, that was unintentional, but it wasn't at all helpful to revert my changes wholesale when you could just have restored the tag. Gatoclass (talk) 19:51, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
Thanks!
Thanks again for the effective hook wording for Hearts in Bondage! Yoninah (talk) 18:38, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
- Well I'm not sure I had a lot to do with the success of that hook Yoninah, but thank you. Now that you mention it however, I also meant to say thank you for choosing my hook for Hurricane for the lead spot a while back. It probably scored better than any other hook of mine, which I guess goes to prove that a mention of "extreme clippers" still retains an aura of excitement in this day and age :) Gatoclass (talk) 11:06, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
- That's amazing! But I've found that anything to do with ships or battles attracts a ton of hits at DYK. Yoninah (talk) 11:24, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
- Oh, does it? That's kind of surprising given how few hits they usually get once off the main page. But it's nice to know they get some attention at least once :) Gatoclass (talk) 11:42, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
- BTW I added it to the stats for you. It was the leading hook for May, and easily made the lead hooks with over 25,000 hits list. Congratulations! Yoninah (talk) 11:32, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
- That's amazing! But I've found that anything to do with ships or battles attracts a ton of hits at DYK. Yoninah (talk) 11:24, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
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Gatoclass, the nominator has replied to your post, and would prefer not to wait for the Latin Grammys; given that the review is over six months old, that preference should be respected. I hope you'll return and close out the review the next time you're editing. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 01:39, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
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Hello!
Long time, no talk. Hopefully you are feeling better, I really want to improve the article mentioned above that has been delayd for several reasons and I think its time to start to fiishing it. I will be able to fix the issues you point out, but only on the weekenkds, hopefully that won't be a problem.
Kind regards, MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 13:42, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
- Hi there MarioSoulTruthFan, in spite of my absence in recent weeks due to off-wiki commitments, your GAN has been very much on my mind and I too would very much like to get it finished. There is nothing you really need to do with it, all that's really required is for me to find a free evening in order to rewrite the middle section for accuracy. I am hopeful of getting back to it shortly, perhaps next week, although I do still have a lot of things on my plate off-wiki, but I'm getting closer to a return to Wikipedia and it shouldn't be too long now - if it's any consolation, your GAN is very much my number one Wiki-priority now. Regards, Gatoclass (talk) 13:56, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
- First of all, thank you for your quick response. Good luck with your endevours off-wiki. I can see the reason behind that, the lead might need some minor changes, as well. I look foraward to see some progress in a near by future. It does help indeed that you haven't forgot and its on the top of you priorities. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 14:06, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
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As for what you said on the DYK nomination, I agree (especially given we have ones for the male and female lower regions already). I only put that "crude" one on there in response to the comment that we have too many "US/State sued objects" hooks on DYK. Personally I always like to have one as a little running tradition. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 07:52, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
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Hi Gatoclass – do you think that we could lower the page protection for Template:DYK queue/navigation? It's currently fully protected, and has been since you protected it (all of 12 years ago). I think such heavy protection is no longer needed for a minor template like this; Template:DYK-Refresh, which commonly appears adjacent, is only semi-protected, and the main queues page also had its protection removed back in 2019 since it was no longer as prominent as it was. In particular, I'm looking to improve the template's syntax, especially for better accessibility; this would be easier without having to go through an edit request. Thanks! — RAVENPVFF · talk · 23:22, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
- I have temporarily semi-protected it so you can make your edits. I'm reluctant to leave it permanently semi-protected though without a discussion at WT:DYK. Gatoclass (talk) 03:04, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
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- You mean red links? I'm not sure that would be a good precedent, given the number of missing editions in other publications. IMO we don't want to be cluttering up an already cluttered page with reams of red links. Gatoclass (talk) 19:17, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
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The third round of the 2021 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 294 points, and our top six scorers all had over 600 points. They were:
- The Rambling Man, with 1825 points from 3 featured articles, 44 featured article reviews, 14 good articles, 30 good article reviews and 10 DYKs. In addition, he completed a 34-article good topic on the EFL Championship play-offs.
- Epicgenius, a New York specialist, with 1083 points from 2 featured article reviews, 18 good articles, 30 DYKs and plenty of bonus points.
- Bloom6132, with 869 points from 11 DYKs, all with bonus points, and 54 "In the news" items, mostly covering people who had recently died.
- Gog the Mild, with 817 points from 3 featured articles on historic battles in Europe, 5 featured article reviews and 3 good articles.
- Hog Farm, with 659 points from 2 featured articles and 2 good articles on American Civil War battles, 18 featured article reviews, 2 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 4 DYKs.
- BennyOnTheLoose, a snooker specialist and new to the Cup, with 647 points from a featured article, 2 featured article reviews, 6 good articles, 6 good article reviews and 3 DYKs.
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WikiCup 2021 September newsletter
The fourth round of the competition has finished with over 500 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants, The Rambling Man and Epicgenius, each scoring over 3000 points, and six contestants scoring over 1000. All but one of the finalists achieved one or more FAs during the round, the exception being Bloom6132 who demonstrated that 61 "in the news" items produces an impressive number of points. Other contestants who made it to the final are Gog the Mild, Lee Vilenski, BennyOnTheLoose, Amakuru and Hog Farm. However, all their points are now swept away and everyone starts afresh in the final round.
Round 4 saw the achievement of 18 featured articles and 157 good articles. Bilorv scored for a 25-article good topic on Black Mirror but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the final round. There was enthusiasm for FARs, with 89 being performed, and there were 63 GARs and around 100 DYKs during the round. As we start round 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it to the final round; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For other contestants, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.
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Sorry about the plot issue. I did reread the source, but I do admit that I was tired. I wanted to resolve the issue quickly, but I really should have waited. SL93 (talk) 15:50, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
- No probs. I'm tired right now though, so I will have to leave the rest of the review until tomorrow. Gatoclass (talk) 16:05, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2021 November newsletter
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:
- The Rambling Man (submissions) with 5072 points
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- Amakuru (submissions) with 3197 points
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- Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1571 points
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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.
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On 21 November 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article New York (1836 steamboat), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Charles Dickens described the Long Island Sound steamboat New York (pictured) as "a sullen, cumbrous, ungraceful, unshiplike leviathan"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/New York (1836 steamboat). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, New York (1836 steamboat)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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. |
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Template:Did you know nominations/Adoration of the Kings (Bramantino). All best wishes! Johnbod (talk) 02:49, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
- Well that's one less thing I have to worry about. Thanks John! Much appreciated :) Gatoclass (talk) 09:43, 15 December 2021 (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.
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In a nutshell, this RfC is about which version of WP:DYKRULE former vs latter in this diff should be followed. Venkat TL (talk) 11:03, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
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The second round of the 2022 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 115 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top seven contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 11 featured articles and the 79 good articles achieved in total by contestants.
Our top scorers in round 2 were:
- Epicgenius, with 1264 points from 2 featured article, 4 good articles and 18 DYKs. Epicgenius was a finalist last year but has now withdrawn from the contest as he pursues a new career path.
- AryKun, with 1172 points from two featured articles, one good article and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews.
- Bloom6132, with 605 points from 44 in the news items and 4 DYKs.
- Sammi Brie, with 573 points from 8 GAs and 21 DYKs.
- Ealdgyth, with 567 points from 11 GAs and 34 good and featured article reviews.
- Panini!, with 549 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and several other sources.
- Lee Vilenski, with 545 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and a number of reviews.
The rules for featured and good article reviews require the review to be of sufficient length; brief quick fails and very short reviews will generally not be awarded points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
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. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:39, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
Happy Adminship Anniversary!
Wishing Gatoclass a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 11:22, 16 May 2022 (UTC) |
DYK for Fantasy cartography
Hi Gatoclass, I have a DYK nomination for the article fantasy cartography and I don't know where it is or what I must do to find it. I've tried to do another one for the same article but it denies me because the first one is floating somewhere. Would you be able to point me in the right direction?
Also, I'm looking for some help getting it reviewed - I've been doing some serious edits on it in the last month. Any help in that direction would be great!
Kind regards,--Twomatters (talk) 22:08, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
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