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GA Cup - Round 3
Greetings, all! We hope that all of our American GA Cup competitors had an enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday. Friday saw the end of Round 2. Two from 7 pools, plus a tie score and one wildcard (16 in all) moved onto the next round. Some pools were more competitive than others. Round 2's highest scorer was 3family6, with an impressive 255 points. Good888, who came in second place overall with 202 points, reviewed the most articles (19). The wildcard slot for Round 2 went to Jaguar. Congrats to all! Round 3 will have 15 competitors in three pools. The key to moving forward in Round 2 seemed to be reviewing articles with the longest nomination dates; almost everyone who moved forward nominated at least one article from the pink nomination box (20 points) or reviewed articles that had languished in the queue for over 5 months (18 points). The GA Cup was also used to promote a group of articles about The Boat Race, a rowing race held annually since 1856 between Oxford University and Cambridge University, on the River Thames. 17 Boat Race articles were promoted to GA in November. In Round 2, 110 reviews were completed, as compared to 117 in Round 1. The GA Cup continues to be a success. This month, we got a report from User:AmericanLemming, who maintains the GA statistics, that in October, there was a net gain of 201 articles nominated for GA. He thought that more open GANs could mean that more editors are submitting more of their articles to the GAN process. In addition, having a high-throughput of GANs means that more articles get reviewed more quickly, which reduces the frustration of potentially waiting several months to get an article reviewed. The activity in Round 2 of the GA Cup seems to bear that out. It's our hope that the competitors' enthusiasm continues in Round 3, and we can continue to make a difference in helping more editors improve their articles. For Round 3, participants have been randomly put in 3 pools of 5 contestants each; the top two in each pool progressing, as well as the top 2 of all remaining users. Round 3 will start on December 1 at 0:00:01 UTC and end on December 29 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 3 and the pools can be found here. There have been a couple of rules clarifications to announce. We're slightly changing the wording to the second bullet in "General rules", which now reads: You may only score points in a round for reviews which have been completed in that round. We're also including this clarification: Only reviews started during the competition are eligible. We have also lost a judge, so there are now only three judges. Good luck and remember to have fun as we move into the holiday season. It is the judges' hope that every competitor in the GA Cup has a joyous holiday season and Happy New Year. Cheers from Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletter, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant still competing, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.
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This week's article for improvement (week 49, 2014)
The Mexico–United States border spans six Mexican states and four U.S. states, with a total length of 3,145 km (1,954 mi).
The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Previous selections: Tourism in the Caribbean • Military technology Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:36, 1 December 2014 (UTC) • |
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It is not uncommon for some nominations to wait weeks for a reviewer. You can ask for a reviewer at WT:DYK. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 04:58, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
- ok. I just wanted to know if it is common or not :) — Revi 05:17, 1 December 2014 (UTC)
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Nominations for the Military history Wikiproject's Historian and Newcomer of the Year Awards are now open!
The Military history Wikiproject has opened nominations for the Military historian of the year and Military history newcomer of the year. Nominations will be accepted until 13 December at 23:59 GMT, with voting to begin at 0:00 GMT 14 December. The voting will conclude on 21 December. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:36, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
WikiCup 2015 is just around the corner...
Hello everyone, and may we wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2015 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. We have a few important announcements concerning the future of the WikiCup.
- We would like to announce that Josh (J Milburn) and Ed (The ed17), who have been WikiCup judges since 2009 and 2010 respectively, are stepping down. This decision has been made for a number of reasons, but the main one is time. Both Josh and Ed have found that, over the previous year, they have been unable to devote the time necessary to the WikiCup, and it is not likely that they will be able to do this in the near future. Furthermore, new people at the helm can only help to invigorate the WikiCup and keep it dynamic. Josh and Ed will still be around, and will likely be participating in the Cup this following year as competitors, which is where both started out.
- In a similar vein, we hope you will all join us in welcoming Jason (Sturmvogel 66) and Christine (Figureskatingfan), who are joining Brian (Miyagawa) to form the 2015 WikiCup judging team. Jason is a WikiCup veteran, having won in 2010 and finishing in fifth this year. Christine has participated in two WikiCups, reaching the semi-finals in both, and is responsible for the GA Cup, which she now co-runs.
- The discussions/polls concerning the next competition's rules will be closed soon, and rules changes will be made clear on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring and talk pages. While it may be impossible to please everyone, the judges will make every effort to ensure that the new rules are both fair and in the best interests of the competition, which is, first and foremost, about improving Wikipedia.
If you have any questions or concerns, the judges can be reached on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, on their talk pages, or by email. We hope you will all join us in trying to make the 2015 WikiCup the most productive and enjoyable yet. You are receiving this message because you are listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk), The ed17 (talk), Miyagawa (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Figureskatingfan (talk) 18:54, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 50, 2014)
Game design is the art of creating rules and mechanics to facilitate interactions between players in a game.
The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Previous selections: Mexico–United States border • Tourism in the Caribbean Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:25, 8 December 2014 (UTC) • |
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Alternate Account
Hi -revi,
Can you confirm if you created this account? Thanks, Mike V • Talk 04:07, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
- @Mike V:Yes, that's mine. — Revi 04:14, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
- Commons (SUL homewiki) account creation log (of -revi) should say I created the account. — Revi 04:16, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
- Anyway, added a note to userpage. — Revi 04:34, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks, just wanted to make sure it wasn't an imposter account. Mike V • Talk 05:00, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
- Good to hear. If you see any username related to me (except Special:CentralAuth/Revibot I and Special:CentralAuth/Revibot II - these are bot running on other wikis, enwiki account may exist with SUL), you can assume that's imposter of me. — Revi (Alt) (talk) 05:06, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
Deletion of content
Hi Revi Today you deleted a paragraph I added to the topic "Children's Music". It was about the Australian children's music composer, Peter Combe. I should have mae a refernce to his Wikipedia page - Peter Combe. Is it possible that you could reinstate the paragraph? carolcombe [EMAIL ADDRESS REDACTED] Carolcombe (talk) 11:50, 11 December 2014 (UTC)
- Your paragraph should be referenced with reliable sources. — Revi 12:55, 11 December 2014 (UTC)
40 Bond Draft Declined
You mentioned that my draft submission was declined because it read like an advertisement. Would you please point out specific instances? To me, it reads very factual. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by BonnieAClark (talk • contribs) 21:39, 11 December 2014 (UTC)
Please comment on Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)
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Your WT:EF permissions request
Following your request, abusefilter access has been enabled for your account. In addition to the cautions at Special:PermanentLink/637732306, please be sure to maintain the security of your account. Some information is available here: Wikipedia:Personal security practices; additionally in Special:Preferences you should enable "always use secure connection". If you will use insecure devices to access the project, you should not use this account on those devices, make a WP:LEGITSOCK for such use. Best luck, — xaosflux Talk 05:54, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks, I already have 'always secure connection', and have alt account (Revi (Alt) (talk · contribs · count · logs · email)). I plan to use my abusefilter right only for #648. — Revi 06:05, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
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제 샌드박스에서 삭제된 이미지파일을 파일 찾는 곳에서 찾아보았지만 아무것도 나오지 않았습니다 ㅜㅜ 확실히 기억나지는 않지만 사진설명에 zeroth generation 과 webtoon 이라는 단어를 썼었습니다! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Seoung13 (talk • contribs) 12:09, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
- @Seoung13:공용 로그에서 파일 이름이 있는지 확인해 주세요. — Revi 12:20, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
- 아 공용로그에 있긴 하지만 이미지가 삭제되어있어서 다시 제작하였습니다! 도움주셔서 감사합니다 !!^-^ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Seoung13 (talk • contribs) 12:38, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
The Signpost: 10 December 2014
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This week's article for improvement (week 51, 2014)
A plate of spaghetti and meatballs.
The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Previous selections: Game design • Mexico–United States border Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:22, 15 December 2014 (UTC) • |
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Re: GANs
Is it sad that I am more aware of my on-wiki messages than off? I can't decide! Anyway, WP:GAN is a fun place to work, and we'd love another helping hand. I thought we had a new-reviewer academy program but I guess that has been discontinued. Essentially you pick an article you think will be fun to review (choose something really you're really interested in, don't get stuck reviewing a big boring one :) You don't need to be a content creator yourself but you do need to be somewhat familiar with the policies and guidelines. There are six good article criteria that must be met. We want to approve and help promote only articles that are of true quality, but they don't have to be perfect. WP:FAC is where things get difficult. If you want me to coach you through a review or two I'm happy to do so. You'll probably learn a lot just from observing/participating in other reviews as well. Full instructions are at Wikipedia:Good article nominations/Instructions. — MusikAnimal talk 07:01, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
- I saw Wikipedia:WikiProject Korea/Article alerts had outstanding GANs waiting for review (Korean drama waiting for review since a long time ago...) and I thought I would do it, but I wanted to know what I need to know / what I have to do. Yeah, if you can coach me how to do reviews, that would be wonderful. My test has finished yesterday, so I will have free time until the end of this month... (Korean school semesters end in December, and starts in March) — Revi 08:23, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
- Hey, just wanted you to know I haven't forgotten about this. I've never collaborated on a review before, so this will be a first for us both. We can do Korean drama or any article of your choice. We can do our private talking over email, or here on your talk page – you decide. Feel free to go ahead and start the review process by hitting the "start review" link at WP:GAN. From there you can just hit save to secure yourself as the reviewer of that article. I sometimes add a preliminary comment too. Let me know when you've got it started and we'll proceed. Best — MusikAnimal talk 23:12, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
- I'll have free time on Thursday to Sunday. I'll set a reviewer soon and let you know. (Maybe we can have a dedicated page on userspace so (possible) watchers is not disturbed and we can use convinient wikisyntax... — Revi 04:34, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
- Doh! I kid you not, I will be on holiday this Thursday through Sunday. Not a problem though, there's no rush. PLENTY of unreviewed articles! Let's get in touch next week. — MusikAnimal talk 05:28, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
- Meh.... Ok, no problem. Have a nice holiday! — Revi 07:25, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
- And I'm observing your Talk:Scarborough (Metro-North station)/GA1 review :) — Revi 09:18, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
- Doh! I kid you not, I will be on holiday this Thursday through Sunday. Not a problem though, there's no rush. PLENTY of unreviewed articles! Let's get in touch next week. — MusikAnimal talk 05:28, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
- I'll have free time on Thursday to Sunday. I'll set a reviewer soon and let you know. (Maybe we can have a dedicated page on userspace so (possible) watchers is not disturbed and we can use convinient wikisyntax... — Revi 04:34, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
- Hey, just wanted you to know I haven't forgotten about this. I've never collaborated on a review before, so this will be a first for us both. We can do Korean drama or any article of your choice. We can do our private talking over email, or here on your talk page – you decide. Feel free to go ahead and start the review process by hitting the "start review" link at WP:GAN. From there you can just hit save to secure yourself as the reviewer of that article. I sometimes add a preliminary comment too. Let me know when you've got it started and we'll proceed. Best — MusikAnimal talk 23:12, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
Hi there...
Hey -revi. Just thought I'd leave a small note. When you're editing filters, it would be good if you could write down the date along with the notes that you're leaving. That allows future abusefilter editors to understand the lineage of the filter. Thanks, and good to see you around. Wifione Message 11:11, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
- Umm, no problem. Thanks for the tip! — Revi 11:20, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
WP:CHU username policy regarding promotional names
Regarding your comment here, the requested username is acceptable under our username policy, because it doesn't imply shared usage. While simply using a company name as a username is prohibited, using your name and "at company name" is okay. For example: "John Doe at Example Industries" is acceptable - it doesn't imply shared usage, but it does indicate that the user is an employee working for a company. --I am k6ka Talk to me! See what I have done 11:48, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
- Thanks, I am still new to clerking on English Wikipedia and I'm completely new to renaming, (I have no past experience of renaming until I got global-renamer last month) so I know I should learn more. :D — Revi 11:52, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
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VisualEditor newsletter—December 2014
Did you know?
Basic table editing is now available in VisualEditor. You can add and remove rows and columns from existing tables at the click of a button.
The user guide has more information about how to use VisualEditor.
Since the last newsletter, the Editing Team has fixed many bugs and worked on table editing and performance. Their weekly status reports are posted on Mediawiki.org. Upcoming plans are posted at the VisualEditor roadmap.
VisualEditor was deployed to several hundred remaining wikis as an opt-in beta feature at the end of November, except for most Wiktionaries (which depend heavily upon templates) and all Wikisources (which await integration with ProofreadPage).
Recent improvements
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Idols
Here - File:Un Jin Mikiok.jpg. DS (talk) 17:48, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
- @DragonflySixtyseven: It's confirmed that it exists; It's in Nonsan and it is still there. — Revi 05:35, 21 December 2014 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 52, 2014)
An aurora is a natural phenomenon.
The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Previous selections: Spaghetti • Game design Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:08, 22 December 2014 (UTC) • |
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The Bugle: Issue CV, December 2014
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The Center Line: Fourth Quarter 2014
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Not sure why you added my sig
here as there was already a link to me. Dougweller (talk) 14:51, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
- Because there was no timestamp. If you felt uncomportable with that, I'm sorry. — Revi 14:54, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
- Hm, could cause problems archiving I guess. Dougweller (talk) 16:30, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
- Well, I thought there was Lcsb3 or ClueBot III archiving her talk page (that I felt I had to add timestamp), but she is archiving manually. :P — Revi 16:37, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
- Hm, could cause problems archiving I guess. Dougweller (talk) 16:30, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
The Signpost: 24 December 2014
- From the editor: Looking for new editors-in-chief
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Help moving a sandbox to article on ko wiki
One of my students is having trouble moving https://ko.wiki.x.io/wiki/%EC%82%AC%EC%9A%A9%EC%9E%90:Iseven1004i/%EC%97%B0%EC%8A%B5%EC%9E%A5 to mainspace; see https://ko.wiki.x.io/wiki/%ED%8A%B9%EC%88%98:%EA%B8%B0%EC%97%AC/Iseven1004i . Could you help her? Thanks! --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 10:22, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
- I reverted her moving, because she moved her article to Wikipedia: namespace. I will contact her soon. — Revi 10:24, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
Merry Christmas
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- Thank you, merry christmas to you as well! (timestamp for automated bot archiving)— Revi 15:48, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Yongin–Seoul Expressway
Hello! Your submission of Yongin–Seoul Expressway 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) 20:32, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
DYK for Yongin–Seoul Expressway
On 29 December 2014, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Yongin–Seoul Expressway, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that even though it shares the same highway number, Osan-Hwaseong Expressway does not directly connect to its other part? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Yongin–Seoul Expressway. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), 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. |
This week's article for improvement (week 1, 2015)
The skyline of Frankfurt, Germany
The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Previous selections: Natural phenomenon • Spaghetti Get involved with the TAFI project! You can... Posted by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of EuroCarGT (talk) 00:18, 29 December 2014 (UTC) • |
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GA Cup - Round 4 (Semi-Finals)
Happy New Year! We hope that all of our GA Cup competitors had an enjoyable and safe holiday season. Monday saw the end of Round 3. Eight contestants moved forward to Round 4—the top two contestants from each of Round 3's three pools and the top two participants of all remaining users. It was an exciting competition, especially towards the end. Round 3's highest scorer was Jaguar, Round 2's wildcard, with an impressive 305 points, the highest score in the GA Cup thus far. Pool B was the closest race; J_Milburn and Cwmhiraeth switched places a few times in the final hours of the competition, although J Milburn edged out Cwmhiraeth by just 9 points. Pool A was, by far, the most competitive; four out of five moved onto Round 4, and its competitors earned a cumulative 935 points and reviewed 59 articles. Ritchie333, who came in second overall with 255 points, reviewed the most articles (17). Peacemaker67 and Wizardman earned the two wildcard slots, with 184 and 154 points, respectively. Congrats to all! 114 articles were reviewed this round, as compared to 110 in Round 2 and 117 in Round 1. The key to success in Round 3, like in Round 2, was reviewing articles with the longest nomination dates; everyone who moved forward reviewed articles from the pink nomination box (20 points) or reviewed articles that had languished in the queue for over 5 months (18 points). Many of these articles had languished because their nominators had left Wikipedia and had little chance of passing to GA, so our competitors provided a great service by helping remove them from the queue. Also as in Round 2, The Boat Race articles proved to be popular review choices, with 10% of all the articles reviewed in December. We appreciate the competitors' continued enthusiasm, even during the busy holiday season. At least one competitor even reviewed articles while preparing for a holiday meal! For Round 4, participants have been randomly put in 2 pools of 4 contestants each. The top two in each pool will progress to the finals, as well as the top participant (5th place) of all remaining users. The semi-finals will start on January 1 at 0:00:01 UTC and end on January 29 at 23:59:59 UTC. Information about Round 4 and the pools can be found here. We received some excellent feedback about how to improve the GA Cup in the future, including the definition of "quickfails" and the use of pools, which we'll seriously consider as we move forward. As a result of this feedback and the experience we've gained, there will be some changes to the rules come next years GA Cup. Good luck to all our semi-finalists! It is the judges' hope that every competitor in the GA Cup continue to have fun and be enthusiastic about reviewing and passing articles to GA! Cheers from Dom497, TheQ Editor and Figureskatingfan. To subscribe or unsubscribe to future GA Cup newsletter, please add or remove your name to our mailing list. If you are a participant still competing, you will be on the mailing list no matter what as this is the easiest way to communicate between all participants.
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Nomination of Macadamia nuts controversy for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Macadamia nuts controversy is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Macadamia nuts controversy until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Yoninah (talk) 01:44, 31 December 2014 (UTC)