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Administrators' newsletter – June 2024
editNews and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2024).
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- Phase II of the 2024 RfA review has commenced to improve and refine the proposals passed in Phase I.
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- The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Venezuelan politics has been closed.
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May 2024 NPP backlog drive – Points award
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The New Page Patroller's Barnstar | |
| This award is given in recognition to Utopes for accumulating at least 100 points during the May 2024 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions helped play a part in the 14,452 reviews completed during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 18:58, 6 June 2024 (UTC) |
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First Time Publishing - Help Needed
editHi Utopes,
thank you for your comments on my first article. I wanted to ask for your help concerning the notability of the subject: most of the articles were never digitized but are from sources that have their own Wikipedia sites (it’s a well known guitar player that is referred to as legend in many guitar or music magazines such as Relix Magazine, Guitar Player, Guitar Techniques, Guitar World, Downbeat, Premier Guitar, Guitarist, Vintage Guitar, etc., and international magazines (Japan, Thailand, etc.)). I have over 80 official magazines with articles, interviews, lessons, and such (and not only mentions) spanning almost 20 years. Could you tell me how can I include these since they’re not online, please?
Also, the subject has recorded or played live with many A-list celebrities and already has a Wiki-page in German.
Thank you immensely for your guidance. All the best. Ivhutt (talk) 20:32, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on Category:15th-century Christian biblical scholars indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz Read! Talk! 01:41, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
VC-7 Squadron
editThank you for you communication about the VC-7 Squadron. I would like to make the case that the VC-7 squadron is worthy of an article separate from RVAH-7. I have read the RVAH article and the first thing I realized was that unlike VC-7, the mission of RVAH-7 was photo reconnaissance. I think that suggests a strong distinction between the squadrons. VC-7 and the other VC squadrons were created to keep the Navy relevant in the atomic age by proving that planes carrying nuclear weapons could be launched from and returned to carriers. This mission is very different from the stated role of RVAH-7. Though in Navy records the squadrons share a lineage, I believe the distinct missions of the squadrons suggest they should be distinguished from each other. Would a cross reference be appropriate? Schbrown (talk) 19:36, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
WikiCup 2024 July newsletter
editThe third round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 June. As with Round 2, this round was competitive: each of the 16 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 256 points.
The following editors all scored more than 400 points in Round 3:
Generalissima (submissions) with 1,059 points, mostly from 1 featured article on DeLancey W. Gill, 11 good articles, 18 did you know nominations, and dozens of reviews;
Skyshifter (submissions) with 673 points, mostly from 2 featured articles on Worlds (Porter Robinson album) and I'm God, 5 good articles, and 2 did you know nominations;
Sammi Brie (submissions) with 557 points, mostly from 1 featured article on KNXV-TV, 5 good articles, and 8 did you know nominations; and
AryKun (submissions) with 415 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Great cuckoo-dove, with a high number of bonus points from that article.
The full scores for round 3 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92 in the news credits, and at least 285 did you know credits. They have conducted 279 featured article reviews, as well as 492 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 22 articles to featured topics and good topics.
Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed during Round 4, which starts on 1 July at 00:00 (UTC). 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 for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.
If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. 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) 21:30, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
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Administrators' newsletter – July 2024
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- Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. (T6086)
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- The Community Wishlist is re-opening on 15 July 2024. Read more
Review timings
editI have been working on an article for months. When I first published, you looked it over and offered advice. I worked hard on the suggestions, publishing changes the next day. A different editor looked at it, stated reasons for unacceptance so I went back to work. I resubmitted a few days later and a third, new reviewer looked at it with more suggestions. I complied with all the suggestions and submitted a much corrected article. I have heard nothing since! Why would three different people look something over and then when it's all corrected, no one looks at it? I am just curious about that timing. I appreciate all you do to help new people like me. Beingherenow2 (talk) 23:39, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
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Hope you're well!
editHaven't seen you in a bit. Your absence is felt, I hope you'll well and that it's for all the right reasons! Hey man im josh (talk) 14:44, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – August 2024
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Hi, I received feedback that the article here: https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Draft:Simplicissimus_(YouTube_Channel) is not notable and cites Youtube as a source, however:
the article itself already exists on Wikipedia in German, meaning it has a precedent for being notable: https://de.wiki.x.io/wiki/Simplicissimus_(YouTube-Kanal)
and the YouTube citation is not of any facts but rather to quote that channel's own biography. Note;
Wikipedia draft: "Simplicissimus was created on 12 April 2015 under the name Simplicissimus 2.0, after the German satirical magazine Simplicissimus which ran from 1896 to 1967"
Citation: https://www.youtube.com/@Simplicissimus
Content: "Wir machen Essays zu Fragen, die du dir noch nie, oder viel zu oft gestellt hast. Simplicissimus = Anlehnung an die Satirezeitschrift" (we make essays on questions that you've never asked yourself or have asked yourself too often. Simplicissimus = Reference to the satire magazine)
There is a precedent for this on the original German wikipedia article: citations 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9 are all of Youtube links for similar reasons; to provide proof of existence, etc.
Do you mind explaining what I can do to show evidence of notability, and how the citation of Youtube in this case differs with the original article?
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Instruction to remove links not clear
editHey @Utopes, thanks a lot for your feedback on this draft: https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Draft:Belarusian_Sport_Solidarity_Foundation
You asked to "please remove external links from the body of the article". I checked all the ref links and they seem to be formatted correctly and in line with Wiki's policy, and work exactly the same as on other pages. Can you please provide more detail. Much appreciated.
draft of Reanimal.
editHello. You recently rejected a draft of "reanimal" for objective reasons, since I referred to YouTube and did not leave sources in some places , which you wrote in the comments. I fixed these problems and sent a request, another person rejected the application without comments referring to the topic is not suitable for a Wikipedia article although I have referred to many sources listed as reliable. Can you please look at the draft again and comment and tell me what to improve. I am writing to you because your comment really helped me understand my mistakes. I just don’t understand what else I need to improve and whether I should create another request for an article review. Redstone catman (talk) 10:45, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
Battle of balkh 1198
editi don't know what is wrong with you sir? in the topic (battle of balkh) that i have written it, has a historical aspect in other hand you said your topic doesn't have Reliable sources may i ask you (https://books.google.com/books?id=wOzeDwAAQBAJ&dq=qara%20khitai%20ghurid%20balkh&pg=PT3) so what is this source? if you don't know history so let others review or check my toipc you just wasted my effort, i had been writing this topic for almost 4 hours. طاها صایم (talk) 15:49, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar |
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WikiCup 2024 August newsletter
editThe fourth round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 29 August. Each of the 8 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 472 points, and the following contestants scored more than 700 points:
- Generalissima (submissions) with 1,150 points, mostly from 3 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 7 good articles, and 13 did you know nominations;
Arconning (submissions) with 791 points, mostly from 2 featured lists, 8 good articles, 4 did you know nominations, and plenty of reviews;
AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 718 points, mostly from a high-multiplier featured article on Genghis Khan and 2 good articles; and
BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 714 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Susanna Hoffs, 2 featured lists, and 3 good articles.
Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated. Contestants put in extraordinary amounts of effort during this round, and their scores can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 36 featured articles, 55 featured lists, 15 good articles, 93 in the news credits, and at least 333 did you know credits. They have conducted 357 featured content reviews, as well as 553 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 30 articles to featured topics and good topics.
Any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed during Round 5, which starts on 1 September at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. 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 for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Remember to claim your points within 14 days of earning them, and importantly, before the deadline on 31 October.
If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. 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) 03:13, 30 August 2024 (UTC)