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Welcome to the 2025 WikiCup!
editHappy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2025 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor, we hope the WikiCup will give you a chance to improve 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 ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page.
For the 2025 WikiCup, we've implemented several changes to the scoring system. The highest-ranking contestants will now receive tournament points at the end of each round, and final rankings are decided by the number of tournament points each contestant has. If you're busy and can't sign up in January, don't worry: Signups are now open throughout the year. To make things fairer for latecomers, the lowest-scoring contestants will no longer be eliminated at the end of each round.
The first round will end on 26 February. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius (talk · contribs · email), Frostly (talk · contribs · email), Guerillero (talk · contribs · email) and Lee Vilenski (talk · contribs · 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. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:14, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Line of Duty series 4
editHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Line of Duty series 4 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 ChristieBot, on behalf of Sammi Brie -- Sammi Brie (talk) 07:03, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Line of Duty series 4
editThe article Line of Duty series 4 you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold 
. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Line of Duty series 4 and Talk:Line of Duty series 4/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Sammi Brie -- Sammi Brie (talk) 07:24, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Line of Duty
editHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Line of Duty 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 ChristieBot, on behalf of Simongraham -- Simongraham (talk) 21:21, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Line of Duty
editThe article Line of Duty you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Line of Duty and Talk:Line of Duty/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Simongraham -- Simongraham (talk) 22:22, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Line of Duty series 4
editThe article Line of Duty series 4 you nominated as a good article has passed 
; see Talk:Line of Duty series 4 for comments about the article, and Talk:Line of Duty series 4/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Sammi Brie -- Sammi Brie (talk) 05:21, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
Disambiguation link notification for January 2
editAn automated process has detected that when you recently edited List of Torchwood episodes, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Extraterrestrial.
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Your GA nomination of Line of Duty
editThe article Line of Duty you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Line of Duty for comments about the article, and Talk:Line of Duty/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Simongraham -- Simongraham (talk) 15:42, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Space Babies
editHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Space Babies 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 ChristieBot, on behalf of Mr Sitcom -- Mr Sitcom (talk) 23:41, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Space Babies
editThe article Space Babies you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Space Babies for comments about the article, and Talk:Space Babies/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Mr Sitcom -- Mr Sitcom (talk) 05:46, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – January 2025
editNews and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2024).
Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RFC, Wikipedia:Notability (species) was adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.
- A request for comment is open to discuss whether admins should be advised to warn users rather than issue no-warning blocks to those who have posted promotional content outside of article space.
Technical news
- The Nuke feature also now provides links to the userpage of the user whose pages were deleted, and to the pages which were not selected for deletion, after page deletions are queued. This enables easier follow-up admin-actions.
Arbitration
- Following the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been elected to the Arbitration Committee: CaptainEek, Daniel, Elli, KrakatoaKatie, Liz, Primefac, ScottishFinnishRadish, Theleekycauldron, Worm That Turned.
Miscellaneous
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in January 2025 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Sign up here to participate!
Your GA nomination of Legend of the Sea Devils
editHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Legend of the Sea Devils 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 ChristieBot, on behalf of Prince of Erebor -- Prince of Erebor (talk) 14:45, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of The Legend of Ruby Sunday
editHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article The Legend of Ruby Sunday 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 ChristieBot, on behalf of Vanamonde93 -- Vanamonde93 (talk) 01:41, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Legend of the Sea Devils
editThe article Legend of the Sea Devils you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Legend of the Sea Devils for comments about the article, and Talk:Legend of the Sea Devils/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Prince of Erebor -- Prince of Erebor (talk) 09:45, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
DYK for Doctor Who specials (2022)
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On 10 January 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Doctor Who specials (2022), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the producers of Doctor Who only wrote a queer romance into the programme's 2022 special episodes after viewers began shipping two characters? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Doctor Who specials (2022). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Doctor Who specials (2022)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.
The Signpost: 15 January 2025
edit- From the editors: Looking back, looking forward
- Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2024
- In the media: Will you be targeted?
- Technology report: New Calculator template brings interactivity at last
- Opinion: Reflections one score hence
- Serendipity: What we've left behind, and where we want to go next
- Arbitration report: Analyzing commonalities of some contentious topics
- Humour: How to make friends on Wikipedia
Your GA nomination of The Power of the Doctor
editHi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article The Power of the Doctor 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 ChristieBot, on behalf of Sims2aholic8 -- Sims2aholic8 (talk) 09:24, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of The Power of the Doctor
editThe article The Power of the Doctor you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:The Power of the Doctor and Talk:The Power of the Doctor/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Sims2aholic8 -- Sims2aholic8 (talk) 11:02, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
DYK for Doctor Who series 14
edit On 19 January 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Doctor Who series 14, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Susan Twist portrayed seven different roles in the eight episodes of Doctor Who's fourteenth series? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Doctor Who series 14. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Doctor Who series 14), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.
Your GA nomination of The Power of the Doctor
editThe article The Power of the Doctor you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:The Power of the Doctor for comments about the article, and Talk:The Power of the Doctor/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Sims2aholic8 -- Sims2aholic8 (talk) 16:04, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of The Legend of Ruby Sunday
editThe article The Legend of Ruby Sunday you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:The Legend of Ruby Sunday for comments about the article, and Talk:The Legend of Ruby Sunday/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Vanamonde93 -- Vanamonde93 (talk) 18:01, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
DYK for Joy to the World (Doctor Who)
edit On 21 January 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Joy to the World (Doctor Who), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Disney+ released a promotional poster for the Doctor Who Christmas special "Joy to the World" with the title spelled incorrectly? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Joy to the World (Doctor Who). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Joy to the World (Doctor Who)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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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Promotion of List of Torchwood episodes
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DYK for Line of Duty
edit On 24 January 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Line of Duty, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that BBC One initially passed on Line of Duty, whose finale would become its highest-rated drama in 19 years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Line of Duty. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Line of Duty), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. 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.
Disambiguation link notification for January 28
editAn automated process has detected that when you recently edited List of Station 19 episodes, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Pat Healy.
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Administrators' newsletter – February 2025
editNews and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2025).
Administrator changes
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Oversighter changes
Technical news
- Administrators can now nuke pages created by a user or IP address from the last 90 days, up from the initial 30 days. T380846
- A '
Recreated' tag will now be added to pages that were created with the same title as a page which was previously deleted and it can be used as a filter in Special:RecentChanges and Special:NewPages. T56145
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Palestine-Israel articles 5 has been closed.
The Signpost: 7 February 2025
edit- Recent research: GPT-4 writes better edit summaries than human Wikipedians
- News and notes: Let's talk!
- Opinion: Fathoms Below, but over the moon
- Community view: 24th Wikipedia Day in New York City
- Arbitration report: Palestine-Israel articles 5 has closed
- Traffic report: A wild drive