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¡¡Felicidades!!

Boletín de julio de WikiCup 2019

La tercera ronda de la WikiCup 2019 ha llegado a su fin. Los 16 usuarios que llegaron a la cuarta ronda necesitaban obtener al menos 68 puntos, lo que es sustancialmente menos que los 227 puntos del año pasado. Nuestros máximos goleadores en la ronda 3 fueron:

Los concursantes lograron 4 (5) artículos destacados, 4 listas destacadas, 18 imágenes destacadas, 29 buenos artículos, 50 entradas DYK, 9 entradas ITN y 39 buenas reseñas de artículos. Al entrar en la cuarta ronda, recuerde que cualquier contenido promocionado después del final de la ronda 3 pero antes del inicio de la ronda 4 se puede reclamar en la ronda 4. Recuerde también que debe reclamar sus puntos dentro de los 14 días posteriores a "ganarlos". y es imperativo reclamarlos en la ronda correcta; un reclamo de la FA tuvo que ser rechazado porque se presentó incorrectamente (reclamado en la Ronda 3 cuando calificó para la Ronda 2), ¡así que tenga cuidado! Al realizar GAR, asegúrese de verificar que se cumplan todos los criterios de GA.

Si le preocupa que su nominación (ya sea nominaciones para buenos artículos, un proceso destacado o cualquier otra cosa) no reciba las revisiones necesarias, inclúyala en Wikipedia: WikiCup/Reviews Needed (recuerde eliminar su lista cuando ya no esté disponible). requerido). Las preguntas son bienvenidas en la charla de Wikipedia: WikiCup , y se puede contactar a los jueces en sus páginas de discusión o por correo electrónico. ¡Buena suerte! Si desea comenzar o dejar de recibir este boletín, no dude en agregar o eliminar su nombre de Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send . Godot13 ( discusión ), Sturmvogel 66 ( discusión ), Vanamonde ( discusión ) y Cwmhiraeth ( discusión ). Entrega de mensajes de MediaWiki ( discusión ) 20:12, 2 de julio de 2019 (UTC) [ respuesta ]

38ª edición de El Heraldo del Huracán

El wikipedista de hoy hace 10 años

Gracias también por haber agregado nombres a esa lista. ¡Te recuerdan! - Gerda Arendt ( discusión ) 06:09, 12 de agosto de 2019 (UTC) [ respuesta ]

Boletín de septiembre de WikiCup 2019

La cuarta ronda de la competición terminó con una oleada de actividad de último minuto, siendo necesarios 454 puntos para clasificarse para la ronda final. Fue una ronda muy competitiva con dos concursantes con más de 400 puntos eliminados, y todos menos dos de los finalistas lograron un FA durante la ronda. Casliber , nuestro ganador de 2016, fue el máximo anotador, seguido por Enwebb y Lee Vilenski , ambos nuevos en la competencia. En cuarto lugar quedó SounderBruce , finalista el año pasado. Pero todos esos puntos desaparecen cuando comenzamos de nuevo para la ronda final.

En la cuarta ronda se lograron 11 artículos destacados. Además, Adam Cuerden anotó con 18 FP, Lee Vilenski lideró la puntuación de GA con 8 GA, mientras que Kosack realizó 15 revisiones de GA. Hubo alrededor de 40 DYK, 40 GAR y 31 GA en total durante la ronda 4. Aunque los concursantes realizaron más GAR de los que lograron GA, todavía hubo cierta frustración por el tiempo necesario para revisar los artículos.

Al comenzar la ronda 5, nos despedimos de los ocho competidores que no lograron sobrevivir; Gracias por las útiles contribuciones que has hecho a la Copa y a Wikipedia, y esperamos que vuelvas a unirte a nosotros el año que viene. Recuerde que cualquier contenido promocionado después del final de la ronda 4 pero antes del inicio de la ronda 5 se puede reclamar en la ronda 5. Recuerde también que debe reclamar sus puntos dentro de los 14 días posteriores a "ganarlos" (algunas personas no han cumplido con esta regla). y los puntos han sido eliminados).

Si le preocupa que su nominación, ya sea por un buen artículo, un proceso destacado o cualquier otra cosa, no reciba las revisiones necesarias, inclúyala en Wikipedia: WikiCup/Reviews Needed (recuerde eliminar su lista cuando ya no esté disponible). requerido). Si desea ayudar con WikiCup, ¡haga su granito de arena para ayudar a reducir los retrasos en las revisiones! Las preguntas son bienvenidas en la charla de Wikipedia: WikiCup , y se puede contactar a los jueces en sus páginas de discusión o por correo electrónico. Si desea comenzar o dejar de recibir este boletín, no dude en agregarse o eliminarse de Wikipedia: WikiCup/Newsletter/Send . Godot13 , Sturmvogel 66 , Vanamonde y Cwmhiraeth Entrega de mensajes de MediaWiki ( discusión ) 18:44, 1 de septiembre de 2019 (UTC) [ respuesta ]

Doce años de edición


Boletín de noviembre de WikiCup 2019

¡La WikiCup ha terminado un año más! Nuestro campeón este año es Mejor lejos vivir y morir / Bajo la valiente bandera negra vuelo Adam Cuerden ( presentaciones ), quien a lo largo del concurso acumuló 91 fotografías destacadas, incluidas 32 de la ronda final. Nuestros finalistas este año fueron:

  1. Mejor lejos vivir y morir / Bajo la valiente bandera negra vuelo Adam Cuerden ( presentaciones ) con 964 puntos
  2. Inglaterra Lee Vilenski ( presentaciones ) con 899 puntos
  3. Isla Norfolk Casliber ( presentaciones ) con 817 puntos
  4. Gales Kosack ( presentaciones ) con 691 puntos
  5. Washington (estado) SounderBruce ( presentaciones ) con 388 puntos
  6. Antártida Enwebb ( presentaciones ) con 146 puntos
  7. Estados Unidos Nombre de usuario único ( envíos ) con 145 puntos
  8. Indonesia HaEr48 ( presentaciones ) con 74 puntos

Todos los que lleguen a la final ganarán premios. Los siguientes premios especiales se otorgarán en función del alto desempeño en áreas particulares de creación de contenido. Para que los finalistas no tengan una ventaja indebida, estos premios se otorgan al competidor que obtuvo la puntuación más alta en cualquier campo en particular en una sola ronda, o en caso de empate, al líder general en ese campo. Los premios se entregarán en las próximas semanas. ¡Por favor sea paciente!

Felicitaciones a todos los que participaron en la WikiCup de este año, ya sea que hayan llegado a las rondas finales o no, y felicitaciones en particular a los recién llegados a la WikiCup que han logrado mucho este año. Gracias a todos los que participaron y ayudaron con la competencia, sin olvidar al Usuario: Jarry1250 , quien dirige el robot de puntuación.

Hemos abierto un debate sobre la puntuación sobre si es necesario ajustar las reglas y la puntuación. Por favor, da tu opinión. La competición del próximo año comenzará el 1 de enero. Estás invitado a registrarte para participar ; La WikiCup está abierta a todos los wikipedistas, tanto editores novatos como experimentados, y esperamos verlos a todos en la competencia de 2020. Hasta entonces, ¡solo queda felicitar una vez más a nuestros dignos ganadores y agradecer a todos los participantes su implicación! Si desea comenzar o dejar de recibir este boletín, no dude en agregarse o eliminarse de Wikipedia: WikiCup/Newsletter/Send . Godot13 , Sturmvogel 66 , Vanamonde y Cwmhiraeth 14:18, 2 de noviembre de 2019 (UTC) [ respuesta ]

Una encuesta para mejorar el proceso de extensión de consultas comunitarias

¡Hola!

La Fundación Wikimedia busca mejorar el proceso de consulta comunitaria para las políticas de la Fundación, y estamos interesados ​​en saber por qué no participó en una consulta reciente que siguió a una discusión comunitaria en la que participó.

Complete esta breve encuesta para ayudarnos a mejorar nuestro proceso de consulta comunitaria para el futuro. Sólo debería tomar unos tres minutos.

La política de privacidad de esta encuesta está aquí. Esta encuesta es una solicitud única nuestra relacionada con este tema único.

Gracias por su participación, Kbrown (WMF) 10:44, 13 de noviembre de 2019 (UTC) [ respuesta ]

Mensaje para los votantes de las elecciones de ArbCom 2019

¡Bienvenidos a la WikiCup 2020!

¡Feliz año nuevo, feliz década nueva y feliz nueva WikiCup! El concurso comienza hoy y todos los creadores, ampliadores y mejoradores de artículos pueden participar. Si ya se ha registrado, su página de envíos se puede encontrar aquí . Si aún no se ha registrado, puede agregar su nombre aquí y los jueces configurarán su página de presentaciones. Estamos flexibilizando la regla de que solo contará el contenido en el que hayas realizado un trabajo significativo durante 2020; Ahora, para ser elegible para obtener puntos en la competencia, ¡debes haber completado un trabajo significativo en el contenido en algún momento! Cualquier pregunta sobre las reglas o cualquier otra cosa relacionada con la Copa debe dirigirse a uno de los jueces o publicarse en la página de discusión de WikiCup . Las inscripciones se cerrarán a finales de enero y la primera ronda finalizará el 26 de febrero; los 64 puntajes más altos en ese momento pasarán a la ronda 2. ¡Buena suerte! Los jueces de WikiCup son Sturmvogel 66  ( discusión  · contribuciones  · correo electrónico ), Godot13  ( discusión  · contribuciones  · correo electrónico ), Vanamonde93  ( discusión  · contribuciones  · correo electrónico ) y Cwmhiraeth ( discusión ) 11:43, 1 de enero de 2020 (UTC) [ respuesta ]

Boletín de marzo de WikiCup 2020

Y así termina la primera ronda de la competición. Todos los que obtengan una puntuación positiva pasan a la Ronda 2, en la que se clasificarán 57 concursantes. Hemos abolido los grupos este año, por lo que para calificar para la Ronda 3 deberás terminar la Ronda 2 entre los treinta y dos mejores concursantes.

Nuestros máximos goleadores en la Ronda 1 fueron:

Estos concursantes, como todos los demás, ahora tienen que volver a sumar puntos desde cero. En la Ronda 1 hubo cuatro artículos destacados, una lista destacada y dos imágenes destacadas, así como alrededor de doscientos DYK y veintisiete ITN. Entre ellos, los concursantes completaron 127 buenas revisiones de artículos, casi cien más que los 43 buenos artículos que reclamaron, lo que hizo una mella sustancial en la acumulación de revisiones. Los concursantes también solicitaron 40 reseñas de artículos destacados/listas destacadas, y la mayoría incluso recordaron mencionar su participación en WikiCup en sus reseñas (un requisito).

Recuerde que cualquier contenido promocionado después del final de la Ronda 1 pero antes del inicio de la Ronda 2 se puede reclamar en la Ronda 2. Algunos concursantes hicieron reclamos antes de que se configuraran las nuevas páginas de envíos y deberán volver a enviarlos. Las invitaciones para esfuerzos de escritura colaborativa o cualquier otra discusión sobre trabajos potencialmente interesantes siempre son bienvenidas en la página de discusión de WikiCup. Recuerde, si dos o más competidores de WikiCup han realizado un trabajo importante en un artículo, todos pueden reclamar puntos. Si le preocupa que su nominación, ya sea para buenos candidatos a artículos, un proceso destacado o cualquier otro lugar, no reciba las revisiones necesarias, inclúyala en Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews .

Si desea ayudar con WikiCup, ¡haga su granito de arena para reducir los retrasos en las revisiones! Las preguntas son bienvenidas en la charla de Wikipedia: WikiCup , y se puede contactar a los jueces en sus páginas de discusión o por correo electrónico. ¡Buena suerte! Si desea comenzar o dejar de recibir este boletín, no dude en agregarse o eliminarse de Wikipedia: WikiCup/Newsletter/Send . Godot13 ( discusión ), Sturmvogel 66 ( discusión ), Vanamonde ( discusión ) y Cwmhiraeth ( discusión ). Entrega de mensajes de MediaWiki ( charla ) 16:46, 1 de marzo de 2020 (UTC) [ respuesta ]

Corrección del boletín de WikiCup

Hubo un error en el boletín de marzo de WikiCup 2020;Estados Unidos L293D no debería haber sido incluido en la lista de los diez mejores anotadores en la Ronda 1 (lideraron la lista el año pasado), en cambio,Estados Unidos Dunkleosteus77 debería haber sido incluido, habiendo obtenido 334 puntos de cinco buenos artículos sobre animales, vivos o extintos, y varias reseñas. Entrega de mensajes de MediaWiki ( discusión ) 09:30, 2 de marzo de 2020 (UTC) [ respuesta ]

¡39ª edición de The Hurricane Herald!

La 40ª edición del Hurricane Herald

Boletín de mayo de WikiCup 2020

La segunda ronda de la WikiCup 2020 ya ha finalizado. Fue una ronda de alta puntuación y los concursantes necesitaban 75 puntos para avanzar a la ronda 3. Hubo algunos esfuerzos muy impresionantes en la ronda 2, y los diez mejores concursantes obtuvieron más de 500 puntos. Una gran cantidad de puntos provinieron de los 12 artículos destacados y los 186 buenos artículos logrados en total por los concursantes, y las 355 buenas revisiones de artículos que realizaron; La acumulación de pedidos de GAN y el imperativo de quedarse en casa durante la pandemia de COVID-19 pueden haber sido parcialmente responsables de estas impresionantes cifras.

Nuestros máximos goleadores en la ronda 2 fueron:

Se han ajustado las reglas para las revisiones de artículos destacados; Las reseñas pueden cubrir tres aspectos del artículo, contenido, imágenes y fuentes, y los concursantes pueden recibir puntos por cada uno de estos tres tipos de reseñas. Recuerde también el requisito de mencionar la WikiCup cuando realice un FAR por el que desee reclamar puntos. Recuerda también que los DYK no se pueden reclamar hasta que hayan aparecido en la página principal. A medida que ingresamos a la tercera ronda, cualquier contenido promocionado después del final de la ronda 2 pero antes del inicio de la ronda 3 se puede reclamar ahora, ¡y cualquier contenido que hayas olvidado reclamar en la ronda 2 no! Recuerde también que debe reclamar sus puntos dentro de los 14 días posteriores a "ganarlos". Al realizar GAR, asegúrese de verificar que se cumplan todos los criterios de GA.

Si le preocupa que su nominación (ya sea nominaciones para buenos artículos, un proceso destacado o cualquier otra cosa) no reciba las revisiones necesarias, inclúyala en Wikipedia: WikiCup/Reviews Needed (recuerde eliminar su lista cuando ya no esté disponible). requerido). Las preguntas son bienvenidas en la charla de Wikipedia: WikiCup , y se puede contactar a los jueces en sus páginas de discusión o por correo electrónico. ¡Buena suerte! Si desea comenzar o dejar de recibir este boletín, no dude en agregar o eliminar su nombre de Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send . Godot13 ( discusión ), Sturmvogel 66 ( discusión ), Vanamonde ( discusión ) y Cwmhiraeth . - Entrega de mensajes de MediaWiki ( discusión ) 17:44, 1 de mayo de 2020 (UTC) [ respuesta ]

Feliz...

¡Feliz cumpleaños!

¡Feliz cumpleaños!

¡Que tengas un muy feliz cumpleaños en tu día especial!

Mis mejores deseos, CAPITÁN RAJU (T) 18:49, 20 de junio de 2020 (UTC) [ respuesta ]

41ª edición de The Hurricane Herald

Boletín de julio de WikiCup 2020

La tercera ronda de la WikiCup 2020 ha llegado a su fin. Los 16 usuarios que llegaron a la cuarta ronda obtuvieron al menos 353 puntos cada uno (frente a 68 en 2019). Fue una ronda muy competitiva y se eliminaron varios concursantes que habrían avanzado en años anteriores. Nuestros máximos goleadores en la ronda 3 fueron:

Entre ellos, los concursantes gestionaron 14 artículos destacados, 9 listas destacadas, 3 imágenes destacadas, 152 buenos artículos, 136 entradas DYK, 55 entradas ITN, 65 reseñas de candidatos a artículos destacados y 221 reseñas de buenos artículos. Además,Dinamarca MPJ-DK agregó 3 elementos a temas destacados y 44 a temas buenos. A lo largo del concurso, los concursantes completaron 710 buenas reseñas de artículos, en comparación con 387 buenos artículos enviados para revisión y promoción. Estas grandes cifras probablemente estén relacionadas con una acumulación de pedidos pendientes de GAN en abril y mayo, y con los cambios en los patrones de edición durante la pandemia de COVID-19. Al entrar en la cuarta ronda, recuerde que cualquier contenido promocionado después del final de la ronda 3 pero antes del inicio de la ronda 4 se puede reclamar en la ronda 4. Recuerde también que debe reclamar sus puntos dentro de los 14 días posteriores a "ganarlos". Al realizar GAR, asegúrese de verificar que se cumplan plenamente todos los criterios de GA. Recuerde también que todos los envíos deben cumplir con las políticas básicas de Wikipedia, independientemente del proceso de revisión.

Si le preocupa que su nominación (ya sea nominaciones para buenos artículos, un proceso destacado o cualquier otro lugar) no reciba las revisiones necesarias, inclúyala en Wikipedia: WikiCup/Reviews Needed (recuerde eliminar su lista cuando ya no esté disponible). requerido). Las preguntas son bienvenidas en la charla de Wikipedia: WikiCup , y se puede contactar a los jueces en sus páginas de discusión o por correo electrónico. ¡Buena suerte! Si desea comenzar o dejar de recibir este boletín, no dude en agregar o eliminar su nombre de Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send . Godot13 ( discusión ), Sturmvogel 66 ( discusión ), Vanamonde ( discusión ), Cwmhiraeth ( discusión ) Entrega de mensajes de MediaWiki ( discusión ) 12:33, 2 de julio de 2020 (UTC) [ respuesta ]

tu trabajo mejor

Tu mejor trabajo 7 de enero ( charla ) 14:14, 20 de agosto de 2020 (UTC) [ respuesta ]

Boletín de septiembre de WikiCup 2020

La cuarta ronda de la competición ha finalizado y se necesitan 865 puntos para clasificarse para la ronda final, casi el doble que el año pasado. Fue una ronda muy competitiva con dos concursantes con 598 y 605 puntos eliminados, y todos menos dos de los concursantes que llegaron a la ronda final habían logrado un FA durante la ronda. Los mayores puntajes fueron

Entre ellos, los concursantes lograron 14 artículos destacados, 14 listas destacadas, 2 imágenes destacadas, 87 buenos artículos, 90 entradas DYK, 75 entradas ITN, 95 reseñas de candidatos a artículos destacados y 81 reseñas de buenos artículos. Felicitaciones a todos los que participaron. En general, fue una ronda productiva y con muchos goles y creo que podemos esperar un final de competición muy competitivo.

Recuerde que cualquier contenido promocionado después del final de la ronda 4 pero antes del inicio de la ronda 5 se puede reclamar en la ronda 5. Recuerde también que debe reclamar sus puntos dentro de los 10 días posteriores a "ganarlos". Si le preocupa que su nominación no reciba las revisiones necesarias, inclúyala en Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews . Sería útil si se pudiera eliminar de esta lista cualquier elemento que ya no sea relevante. Si desea ayudar con WikiCup, ¡haga su granito de arena para reducir los retrasos en las revisiones! Las preguntas son bienvenidas en la charla de Wikipedia: WikiCup , y se puede contactar a los jueces en sus páginas de discusión o por correo electrónico. Si desea comenzar o dejar de recibir este boletín, no dude en agregarse o eliminarse de Wikipedia: WikiCup/Newsletter/Send . Godot13 ( discusión ), Sturmvogel 66 ( discusión ), Vanamonde ( discusión ), Cwmhiraeth ( discusión ) Entrega de mensajes de MediaWiki ( discusión ) 19:52, 1 de septiembre de 2020 (UTC) [ respuesta ]

¡42ª edición de The Hurricane Herald!

¡Feliz primer día de edición!

¡Feliz primer día de edición!

¡Que tengas un muy feliz primer aniversario de edición!

Del Comité de Cumpleaños , CAPITÁN RAJU (T) 19:35, 14 de septiembre de 2020 (UTC) [ respuesta ]

Boletín de noviembre de WikiCup 2020

La WikiCup 2020 ha llegado a su fin, y la ronda final llega hasta el final. Nuestro nuevo campeón es Inglaterra Lee Vilenski ( sumisiones ), subcampeón del año pasado, seguido de cerca por Inglaterra Gog the Mild ( presentaciones ). En la ronda final, Lee logró 4 FA y 30 GA, principalmente en temas de deportes básicos, mientras que Gog logró 3 FA y 15 GA, principalmente en batallas y guerras importantes, lo que le valió una gran cantidad de puntos de bonificación. Botsuana The Rambling Man ( presentaciones ) ocupó el tercer lugar con 4 FA y 8 GA en temas de fútbol, ​​con Estado de Nueva York) Epicgenius ( presentaciones ) le sigue de cerca con 19 GA y 16 DYK, siendo su interés los edificios de Nueva York.

Los otros finalistas fueron Gondor Granja de cerdos ( presentaciones ), Indonesia HaEr48 ( presentaciones ), Voltereta Harrias ( presentaciones ) y Hong Kong libre Bloom6132 ( presentaciones ). La ronda final fue muy productiva y, además de 15 FA, los concursantes lograron 75 revisiones FAC, 88 GA y 108 revisiones GAN. En conjunto, Wikipedia se ha beneficiado enormemente de las actividades de los competidores de WikiCup durante todo el concurso. ¡Bien hecho a todos!

Todos aquellos que lleguen a la final recibirán premios y se otorgarán los siguientes premios especiales, basados ​​en el alto desempeño en áreas particulares de creación de contenido. Para que los finalistas no tengan una ventaja indebida, estos premios se otorgan al competidor que obtuvo la puntuación más alta en cualquier campo en particular en una sola ronda, o en caso de empate, al líder general en ese campo.

La competición del próximo año comenzará el 1 de enero. Estás invitado a registrarte para participar ; La WikiCup está abierta a todos los wikipedistas, tanto editores novatos como experimentados, y esperamos verlos a todos en la competencia de 2021. Hasta entonces, ¡solo queda felicitar una vez más a nuestros dignos ganadores y agradecer a todos los participantes su implicación! Si desea comenzar o dejar de recibir este boletín, no dude en agregarse o eliminarse de Wikipedia: WikiCup/Newsletter/Send . Godot13 , Sturmvogel 66 , Vanamonde y Cwmhiraeth Entrega de mensajes de MediaWiki ( discusión ) 11:37, 3 de noviembre de 2020 (UTC) [ respuesta ]

Mensaje para los votantes de las elecciones ArbCom 2020

¡44ª edición de The Hurricane Herald!

¡Bienvenidos a la WikiCup 2021!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers 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. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. We thank Vanamonde93 and Godot13, who have retired as judges, and we thank them for their past dedication. The judges for the WikiCup this year are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:10, 1 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

45th edition of Hurricane Herald!


46th issue of Hurricane Herald newsletter


WikiCup 2021 March newsletter

Round 1 of the competition has finished; it was a high-scoring round with 21 contestants scoring more than 100 points. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 55 contestants qualifying. You will need to finish among the top thirty-two contestants in Round 2 if you are to qualify for Round 3. Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. In Round 1, contestants achieved eight featured articles, three featured lists and one featured picture, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. They completed 97 good article reviews, nearly double the 52 good articles they claimed. Contestants also claimed for 135 featured article and featured list candidate reviews. There is no longer a requirement to mention your WikiCup participation when undertaking these reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. 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 a good article candidate, a featured process, or something 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. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:26, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2021 May newsletter

The second round of the 2021 WikiCup has now finished; it was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 61 points to advance to Round 3. There were some impressive efforts in the round, with the top eight contestants all scoring more than 400 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 110 good articles achieved in total by contestants, as well as the 216 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:

Please remember 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 (except for at the end of each round, when you must claim them before the cut-off date/time). 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. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:27, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

47th issue of Hurricane Herald newsletter


TFL notification

Hi, Dylan620. I'm just posting to let you know that Timeline of the 1996 Atlantic hurricane season – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for July 9. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 00:33, 15 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Have a very happy birthday on your special day!

Best wishes, CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 12:07, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2021 July newsletter

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:

In round three, contestants achieved 19 featured articles, 7 featured lists, 106 featured article reviews, 72 good articles, 1 good topic, 62 good article reviews, 165 DYKs and 96 ITN items. We enter the fourth round with scores reset to zero; 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 (one contestant in round 3 lost out because of this). 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. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:29, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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, Botswana The Rambling Man and New York (state) 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 Republic of Venice 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, England Lee Vilenski, Zulu (International Code of Signals) BennyOnTheLoose, Rwanda 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. George Floyd mural 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.

If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, 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). If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. 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 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:01, 2 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Edit Day!

Katharine Kniskern Mather link

Hello, I'm Beardbrarian. I'm part of a small team of Iowa State University library staff, along with HematISU, that are working on Wikipedia, following the guidelines laid out in Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Cultural_Professionals. The edit HematISU made yesterday, was to future-proof an existing citation to one of our finding aids by changing it from a direct link to an Archival Resource Key or ARK. Over the years, our library has hosted finding aids at various URLs, some older links from Wikipedia point to www.add.lib.iastate.edu and are now broken because that URL has changed. The prior Kniskern Mather link pointed to findingaids.lib.iastate.edu, which is no longer the current home of our finding aids. While the link currently works, the platform it links to will be retired eventually. The link HematISU added points to the current platform for finding aids, cardinal.lib.iastate.edu, which will almost certainly be replaced by something else in the future, if past practices hold. When that happens we will update the ARK to point to the new location and the ARK, but the link in Wikipedia will not need to be changed.

The purpose of updating Wikipedia links to ISU library resources to ARKs is to reduce dead links in Wikipedia and to reduce the burden on Wikipedia editors to update external links as URLs change. We are only making such changes for links to resources managed by the ISU library. This is very similar to the use of DOIs throughout Wikipedia to link to resources.

May we restore HematISU's edit?

Beardbrarian (talk) 14:53, 27 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Beardbrarian: Absolutely — you didn't need to ask my permission at all. Please accept my apologies for the error. --Dylan620 (talk) 18:55, 27 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Beardbrarian: As a matter of fact, I have just restored the edit myself. In the time since I was last an active user on Wikipedia, I clearly have become a little too wary of URLs with formats I didn't recognize, and I am not familiar with ARKs. Thank you and Hemat for your work, and again I am sorry for the inconvenience. --Dylan620 (talk) 19:08, 27 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Dylan620: No worries! They are funky looking URLs, so it's understandable they could raise suspicion. I don't think ARKs are nearly as widely used as DOIs, which doesn't help make them more recognizable. Thanks! Beardbrarian (talk) 22:27, 27 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2021 November newsletter

The WikiCup is over for another year and the finalists can relax! Our Champion this year is Botswana 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:

  1. Botswana The Rambling Man (submissions) with 5072 points
  2. England Lee Vilenski (submissions) with 3276 points
  3. Rwanda Amakuru (submissions) with 3197 points
  4. New York (state) Epicgenius (submissions) with 1611 points
  5. Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1571 points
  6. Zulu (International Code of Signals) BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 1420 points
  7. Hog Farm (submissions) with 1043 points
  8. Republic of Venice Bloom6132 (submissions) with 528 points

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.

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.

If you have views on whether the rules or scoring need adjustment for next year's contest, please comment on the WikiCup talk page. Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2022 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:55, 3 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry

I didn't see the sandbox thing on ur last thing. I thought I was on sandbox, but nope. SuperSonicGamingYT18 (talk) 03:08, 14 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@SuperSonicGamingYT18: I appreciate your apology — is there anything I can do to help you get started with editing? This page also contains useful information for new editors. Cheers, Dylan620 (talk) 04:02, 14 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, it is pretty hard to visually edit. How do I do it? SuperSonicGamingYT18 (talk) 04:54, 14 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@SuperSonicGamingYT18: Apologies for the late response. I will be very honest — I'm not terribly familiar with visual editing myself. I've been using the source editor ever since I joined, and I still find its interface easier to navigate than the visual editor. If you want to use the visual editor, then Help:VisualEditor provides information that I find useful.
I can give you a quick rundown of some of the most basic yet vital functions of wiki markup:
  • To link to a page on Wikipedia, use two brackets on each side of the title of the page you want to link. For instance, if you want to link to Sonic the Hedgehog, type [[Sonic the Hedgehog]]
  • To link to an external website, you can just paste the URL into the edit box like so: http://nhc.noaa.gov. If you want to shorten the visual appearance of the link so it takes up less space on the screen, then add one bracket to each end; applying this to the previous link yields [2]. You can label a link by first adding a space in between the URL and the closing bracket, and then adding text before the closing bracket, like this
  • To cite sources (see also: Wikipedia:Citing sources, Wikipedia:Reliable sources), use <ref></ref> and include the material you're using for the citation in between the two tags; some helpful templates and their input fields are listed and described at Wikipedia:Citing sources#What information to include
  • Italic and bold text are achieved by using two or three (respectively) apostrophes at each end of a word or phrase. Example: fish is rendered in wikitext as ''fish'', and chips is rendered in wikitext as '''chips'''
  • To insert an image or other form of media into an article, type [[File:<name of file goes here>|thumb|<caption text goes here>]]
Additional valuable information can be found at Help:Editing. Also, in your personal preferences, you can check off an option to add an edit toolbar to the top of the edit box; this toolbar includes a drop-down "Help" menu as well as quick and easy access to various editing functions. I hope this helps, and I'll be glad to lend further assistance. --Dylan620 (talk) 04:42, 15 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom 2021 Elections voter message

Some stroopwafels for you!

@Th78blue: *om nom nom* delicious! Thank you for this message, and also for your own work to help Wikipedia :) --Dylan620 (talk) 19:09, 24 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Glad you "enjoyed" them! Th78blue (They/Them/Their • talk) 19:44, 24 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Why tho

Why does everyone say Wikipedia lies? I call BS on that tho SuperSonicGamingYT18 (talk) 02:54, 25 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@SuperSonicGamingYT18: Hi there, apologies for the late response (again), I've been busy with off-wiki obligations. Wikipedia has historically drawn some skepticism about its accuracy, due to its "anyone can edit" philosophy. However, policies and guidelines are in place (including but not limited to verifiability, no original research, reliable sources, neutral point of view, and biographies of living persons) to ensure the quality of the information which is present in or added to articles. Thanks in part to such standards, Wikipedia is generally considered to be highly accurate. --Dylan620 (talk) 19:34, 27 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oh ok lol SuperSonicGamingYT18 (talk) 05:31, 5 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oops

You would be right; I thought I was reverting the vandalism. I was using Huggle, and I believe what may have happened was that there was a delay between ClueBot reverting the vandalism and me still seeing the vandalised revision so choosing to revert it, also! Thank you for clearing that one up for me. :-) Patient Zerotalk 03:27, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Patient Zero: No worries :) same thing has happened to me from time to time! --Dylan620 (he/him) (talk) 03:31, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Admin help requested

Hi there,

I just uploaded the album cover for This Wild Willing by Glen Hansard (incredible album, strongly recommended listening, but I digress). I couldn't figure out how to reduce the file size before I initially uploaded, so I did so with a resolution of 700px2; I managed to reduce the resolution to 300px2 after uploading, but I would like for an administrator to please delete the previous version because it is now orphaned NFC. (If anyone has any suggestions of how I could reduce the resolution of a file before uploading it, I would welcome that, too.) Thank you, Dylan620 (he/him) (talk) 17:48, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have deleted the earlier version of the file from the history. As for reducing the resolution of a file before uploading it, there are many pieces of image editing software which can do that. GIMP is a free one, but I find it sometimes difficult to figure out how to do what I want with it. You could try asking for suggestions at the help desk or the reference desk, as there must be many editors who frequently do that kind of thing. JBW (talk) 20:12, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@JBW: Thank you kindly. I'm downloading GIMP now and will give it a try tomorrow; if it doesn't work out, then I'll drop a line at the help desk. --Dylan620 (he/him) (talk) 03:33, 2 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Goat vandal

Since I notice you’ve been very alert on the active vandalism on 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL), you might be interested that the vandal you’ve been reverting is part of an LTA, located here. Jalen Folf (talk) 17:18, 16 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi JalenFolf, thank you for the heads up. --Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits) 01:18, 17 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Stop

Stop Hipponos (talk) 01:36, 17 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:36, 5 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:02, 5 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image File:Modest Mouse Night on the Sun EP 2016 cover.jpg

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 18:42, 10 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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:

These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:06, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Precious anniversary

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:56, 5 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hard to believe it's been nine years already :,) Thank you so much Gerda, I hope you are well! --Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits) 00:07, 6 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Articles already exist

You reverted my legitimate redirect/merge of duplicate articles.--142.167.135.137 (talk) 01:38, 6 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2022 May newsletter

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:

  1. New York (state) 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.
  2. Christmas Island AryKun, with 1172 points from two featured articles, one good article and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews.
  3. Kingdom of Scotland Bloom6132, with 605 points from 44 in the news items and 4 DYKs.
  4. Sammi Brie, with 573 points from 8 GAs and 21 DYKs.
  5. Ealdgyth, with 567 points from 11 GAs and 34 good and featured article reviews.
  6. United States Panini!, with 549 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and several other sources.
  7. England 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)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

Thank you Volten001, that's very kind of you! :) --Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits) 21:15, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You're most welcome... Happy editing! Volten001 02:51, 5 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Notice

Warning icon Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to assume bad faith when dealing with other editors, you may be blocked from editing. Assume that they are here to improve rather than harm Wikipedia. FourGLTE (talk) 00:08, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@FourGLTE: With all due respect, it is impossible to ascribe good faith to this edit. --Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits) 00:13, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Probably best not to revert his comment(s) on WP:ANV though. That seems improper. ★Ama TALK CONTRIBS 00:30, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Amadeus1999: I reverted their comment because it was a blatant falsehood; their ANI post was in retaliation to the AIV report (compare the timestamps for each report). Also, look at their edits. --Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits) 00:33, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Dylan620: Oh yeah don't get me wrong, I know it's a (probable) falsehood and that their edits are pure trolls, and he's blocked now I see. I just meant to say that removing someone else's comments on ANV can obviously look a little scummy at first sight. ★Ama TALK CONTRIBS 00:36, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Amadeus1999: Yeah that's fair, I'd already decided not to revert the ANI post for the same reason, so I probably shouldn't have reverted the AIV comment either. --Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits) 00:39, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

June 2022 Good Article Nominations backlog drive

Happy Birthday!

WikiCup 2022 July newsletter

The third round of the 2022 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 180 points, which is a lower figure than last year when 294 points were needed to progress to round 4. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

Between them contestants achieved 5 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 51 good articles, 149 DYK entries, 68 ITN entries, and 109 good article reviews. 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 a good article nomination, 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. WikiCup judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:51, 3 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

About Sidhu Moose wala page

Hello sir I removed that section because of that section Sidhu was getting unnecessary hate. Everyone has different opinion about Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale for Punjab people he is matry and strong leader who stood against Indian government dominance according to many sources he never demanded khalistan his main motive is anandapur resolution many big politicians like Subramanian Swamy also said that bhindranwale was Sant Daredevils56 (talk) 12:05, 7 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Daredevils56, and apologies for the late response; I had a busy couple of days off-wiki. I find myself in agreement with what Fylindfotberserk (courtesy ping) told you on their talk page — such a significant removal of sourced content should be discussed on the article's talk page. Furthermore, I strongly recommend reading Wikipedia's policy on editing neutrally. In any given article, we should strive to proportionately and fairly describe all significant viewpoints which are held regarding that article's subject(s), as long as those views are covered in reliable sources; as far as I can tell from the sources provided for that section (although due to my language barrier I am unfortunately unable to understand the YouTube video cited), Moose Wala did indeed generate controversy with the Khalisan references in "Panjab," and I would caution against removing sourced material solely because it appears to paint (a) subject(s) in a negative light. --Dylan620 in public/on mobile (he/him · talk) 19:39, 9 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

Thank you? --Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits) 00:39, 2 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2022 September newsletter

WikiCup 2022 September newsletter

The fourth round of the WikiCup has now finished. 383 points were required to reach the final, and the new round has got off to a flying start with all finalists already scoring. In round 4, Bloom6132 with 939 points was the highest points-scorer, with a combination of DYKs and In the news items, followed by BennyOnTheLoose, Sammi Brie and Lee Vilenski. The points of all contestants are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.

At this stage, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; 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 the remaining competitors, 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, and importantly, before the deadline on October 31st!

If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, 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). If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. The judges are Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:44, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Edit Day!

Thank you CAPTAIN RAJU! --Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits) 21:53, 15 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to join the Fifteen Year Society

Dear Dylan620,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Fifteen Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for fifteen years or more. ​

Best regards, Chris Troutman (talk) 21:19, 14 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Chris, I accept. Hard to believe it's been that long already. --Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits) 21:53, 15 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Declined RD1

You requested an RD1. I declined it as the listed sites appear to be public domain. Do you think I'm missing something? S Philbrick(Talk) 00:49, 28 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

RD1 request

You requested an RD1 for United States Army Sniper School

One of the sites you listed: https://www.benning.army.mil/Armor/316thCav/Sniper/Description.html Is a public domain website, so that should not be reverted or subject to an RD1.

The other site you listed: https://snipercentral.com/u-s-army-sniper-school-ft-benning/

Would be eligible for reversion and RD one but I'd want you to make absolutely sure that the material found that site was not also found at the public domain site. S Philbrick(Talk) 00:54, 28 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Sphilbrick and thank you for these messages. It seems that I erred in adding the military URLs to my revdel requests last night, and for that I apologize. I should have realized that, as part of the USDOD, .mil websites would be in the public domain. However, one of the URLs I requested for the Female Engagement Team article, https://taskandpurpose.com/history/fet-infantry-us-military/, is copyrighted to its owners/publishers, and material from it is present in both of the diffs which had been submitted for redaction. As for the United States Army Sniper School article, I have withdrawn the request as pertaining to the military sites but left it in place as pertaining to the Sniper Central site. --Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits) 20:02, 28 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds good, thanks. S Philbrick(Talk) 21:30, 28 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Sphilbrick: No problem. For what it's worth, I've just re-requested revdel on Female Engagement Team per my above message. --Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits) 05:10, 30 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2022 November newsletter

The 2022 WikiCup has drawn to a close with the final round going down to the wire. The 2022 champion is

During the WikiCup, contestants achieved 37 featured articles, 349 good articles, 360 featured article reviews, 683 good article reviews and 480 In the news items, so Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors. Well done everyone! All those who reached the final round will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or the overall leader in this field.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January and possible changes to the rules and scoring are being discussed on the discussion page. You are invited to sign up to take part in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to have a good turnout for the 2023 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners and finalists, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:28, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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El Cubano 153's remaining drafts

Hello @Dylan620 and sorry to bother you, but the blocked user El Cubano 153 left several more fictional drafts that are probably unwanted. Should a discussion be started for deletion?

Layah50♪ ( 話して~! ) 04:04, 21 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Layah50, it's no bother at all. I do agree there should probably be a discussion for deletion of these drafts. I'd start one myself now, but I'm off to bed for the evening. I'll try to do it tomorrow after work if a discussion isn't live by then. --Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits) 23:26, 21 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Alright, thank you and goodnight! Layah50♪ ( 話して~! ) 00:32, 22 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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WikiCup 2023 March newsletter

So ends the first round of the 2023 WikiCup. Everyone with a positive score moved on to Round 2, with 54 contestants qualifying. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

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The second round of the 2023 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to have scored 60 points to advance into round 3. Our top five scorers in round 2 all included a featured article among their submissions and each scored over 500 points. They were:

Other notable performances were put in by Sammi Brie, Thebiguglyalien, MyCatIsAChonk, Chicago PCN02WPS, and London AirshipJungleman29.

So far contestants have achieved thirteen featured articles between them, one being a joint effort, and forty-nine good articles. The judges are pleased with the thorough reviews that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.

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Contestants achieved 11 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 47 good articles, 72 featured or good article reviews, over 100 DYKs and 40 ITN appearances. As always, 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.

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Between them during round 4, contestants achieved 12 featured articles, 3 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 126 good articles, 46 DYK entries, 14 ITN entries, 67 featured article candidate reviews and 147 good article reviews. Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

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Inappropriate use of Huggle

It is inappropriate to use Huggle to revert good faith and well supported edits as you did at Long hot summer (disambiguation). Please familiarize yourself with the guidelines of using the tool before making such edits again. 142.157.250.127 (talk) 19:55, 21 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Non-static charts

Hi Dylan620. Please note that according to WP:CHARTS, a chart needs to be ... static, that is, the data in the chart cannot change. This excludes dynamic "all-time" charts ... You are adding the "Greatest of All Time Adult Alternative Songs" which is, by nature, not static. I removed the chart up to #20, please remove the rest yourself. --Muhandes (talk) 09:02, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Muhandes: Thank you for pointing this out to me, though I am quite disappointed to see. My understanding has been that placing in an all-time chart was a notable quality that merited inclusion in an article. However, I respect that this could be an issue, since Billboard does not readily produce archives of all-time charts like they do with weekly or year-end charts. I am willing to revert my additions as you have requested, but would greatly prefer to discuss first. I have a couple suggestions for workarounds:
  • Wayback Machine: The most recent updates of the all-time Alternative Songs (35th anniversary, 2023) and Adult Alternative Songs (25th anniversary, 2021), are archived on the Wayback Machine; alt, AAA. Unlike the all-time charts themselves, these archives are static.
  • Artist chart histories: If an artist has a page on Billboard and has a song that appeared on either of these all-time charts, then one can look up the placements on the artist's chart history. The alternative and AAA all-time chart positions can be directly accessed under the three-letter codes GMT and GAD, respectively. Using Imagine Dragons as an example: GMT, GAD.
Additionally, while this could only be used as a source for a select number of articles only mentions a select few songs directly, Billboard ran an article last month on the updated all-time artist and song rankings for the Alternative Airplay chart. --Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits) 17:34, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
ResolutionsPerMinute, I see you have also been reverting, and I hope it is okay for me to draw your attention to this discussion because I would like your feedback on these suggestions as well. --Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits) 20:58, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Anniversary charts are fine since they only get published once, but don't use the ones that get constantly updated. ResPM (T🔈🎵C) 21:07, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@ResolutionsPerMinute: Hmmmm... do you think attaching the Billboard article as a source would be sufficient to establish that the all-time chart position is from an anniversary chart, along with using an archived Wayback Machine URL as a source for the position itself? --Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits) 02:35, 7 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I don't see the harm in citing the article, but using archives of a dynamic chart? That's no different than citing a live source. It needs to specifically be an anniversary chart. ResPM (T🔈🎵C) 10:40, 7 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@ResolutionsPerMinute: Okay. I am still not convinced that a five-year interval (as has been the case with Alternative Airplay's all-time ranking updates) is sufficiently dynamic to be problematic, but that is a topic for WT:CHARTS instead of here (I may start a RfC in the coming days; still mulling it over). I'm about to leave for work for the afternoon/evening, and will be busy tomorrow as well, but if time permits then I will try to remove the positions which have not yet been reverted. I do intend to restore all-time chart positions that have been explicitly mentioned by the Billboard article — if acceptable, with the help of artist chart histories to fill in the rest of the top 10. --Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits) 15:32, 7 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I believe the issue with dynamic tables has never been the sourcing, as one could use archived sourced and also, the "all time" positions are often mentioned by secondary sources. I believe the issue was that chart positions should be factual, and with dynamic charts there is no way to state the fact within the chart positions table. I don't see a problem with adding the fact to the text itself, with as qualifier, such as "it charted at #X on the all time chart, as of 2023". Muhandes (talk) 16:51, 7 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Muhandes: That all makes sense, and mentioning the all-time chart positions in the text is a good idea. I'll start going through articles after dinner, removing tables in the process. Dylan620 (he/him · talk · edits) 20:26, 10 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2023 November newsletter

The WikiCup is a marathon rather than a sprint and all those reaching the final round have been involved in the competition for the last ten months, improving Wikipedia vastly during the process. After all this hard work, Delaware BeanieFan11 has emerged as the 2023 winner and the WikiCup Champion. The finalists this year were:-

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@Nemov: No worries, that works! For what it's worth, if you want to remove an RfA vote in the future while still keeping the text, you can indent the vote with a pound symbol (#) in front – this will remove the vote from the count without messing up the numbering. --Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits) 20:35, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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I'm currently working on a revamped version of the 1990 Pacific typhoon season, which you can find here. After I'm finished with that, could you collaborate with me on making a timeline of those events? ''Flux55'' (talk) 23:02, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Flux55: I'm admittedly not well-versed in Asian languages, and I'm not sure if that would create language barrier issues for me, but I would love to lend what help I can! Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits) 23:26, 30 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2024 February newsletter

The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017.

Our current leader is newcomer Generalissima (submissions), who has one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher) and 10 GAs and 12 DYKs mostly on New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

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WikiCup 2024 March newsletter

The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2.

The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points:

In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to Vami_IV (submissions), who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five A-class articles, eight other good articles, and two Four Awards. Vami also wrote an essay on completionism, a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his to-do list.

Remember that any content promoted after 27 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges 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) 00:40, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request for old account/doppelgänger blocks

The recent discovery that one of my colleagues was a sockpuppet has prompted me to reflect on old accounts for which I have no use, and from which there should be no edits. Please block the following accounts indefinitely:

Thank you very much, Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits) 23:05, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. Regards, ~Swarm~ {sting} 05:12, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Timeline of the 1993 Pacific hurricane season

On 11 March 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Timeline of the 1993 Pacific hurricane season, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 1993 Pacific hurricane season generated more than double the average number of major hurricanes, which have sustained winds of at least 111 mph (179 km/h)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Timeline of the 1993 Pacific hurricane season. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Timeline of the 1993 Pacific hurricane season), 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 Timeline of the 1991 Atlantic hurricane season

Congratulations, Dylan620! The list you nominated, Timeline of the 1991 Atlantic hurricane season, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.
This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, PresN (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:26, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Editor experience invitation

Hi Dylan :) I'm looking for people to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 02:09, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Clovermoss, thank you for reaching out! I'll try to think of something to add in the near future :) Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits) 19:46, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Not Strong Enough (Boygenius song)

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WikiCup 2024 April newsletter

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Promotion of Timeline of the 1993 Pacific hurricane season

Congratulations, Dylan620! The list you nominated, Timeline of the 1993 Pacific hurricane season, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.
This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, PresN (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:26, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Timeline of the 1994 Pacific hurricane season

On 22 April 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Timeline of the 1994 Pacific hurricane season, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 1994 Pacific hurricane season was the first to produce three hurricanes that attained Category 5 intensity, the highest rating on the Saffir–Simpson scale? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Timeline of the 1994 Pacific hurricane season. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Timeline of the 1994 Pacific hurricane season), 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.

RoySmith (talk) 00:04, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Not Strong Enough (Boygenius song)

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TFL notification for May 2024

Hi, Dylan620. I'm just posting to let you know that Timeline of the 1993 Pacific hurricane season – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for May 20. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 01:33, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2024 May newsletter

The second round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 April. This round was particularly competitive: each of the 32 contestants who advanced to Round 3 scored at least 141 points. This is the highest number of points required to advance to Round 3 since 2014.

The following scorers in Round 2 all scored more than 500 points:

The full scores for Round 2 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76 in the news credits and at least 200 did you know credits. They have conducted 165 featured article reviews, as well as 399 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 21 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed during Round 3, which starts on 1 May 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 it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

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) 13:37, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Timeline of the 1993 Atlantic hurricane season

Hello! Your submission of Timeline of the 1993 Atlantic hurricane season 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) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! 4meter4 (talk) 01:42, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promotion of Timeline of the 1994 Pacific hurricane season

Congratulations, Dylan620! The list you nominated, Timeline of the 1994 Pacific hurricane season, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.
This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, PresN (talk) via FACBot (talk) 12:27, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Not Strong Enough (Boygenius song)

On 19 May 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Not Strong Enough (Boygenius song), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that "Not Strong Enough" by Boygenius describes conflicting mental states of self-hatred and self-importance? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Not Strong Enough (Boygenius song). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Not Strong Enough (Boygenius song)), 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Timeline of the 1993 Atlantic hurricane season

On 21 May 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Timeline of the 1993 Atlantic hurricane season, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that all Atlantic hurricane activity in 1993 ceased two full months before the season officially ended? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Timeline of the 1993 Atlantic hurricane season. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Timeline of the 1993 Atlantic hurricane season), 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.

Z1720 (talk) 00:03, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WP:GARC: Invitation to review Windswept Adan

Hello Dylan620, You have been paired at good article review circles to review Windswept Adan. At the same time, SupremeLordBagel, will be reviewing the article you nominated. Please wait 24 hours or until all users have accepted their nomination before starting your review in case a user in your circle decides to decline their invite.

To accept or decline this invitation to review the article, visit WT:GARC/Circles#Circle #1.

GMH Melbourne (talk) 09:04, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promotion of Timeline of the 1993 Atlantic hurricane season

Congratulations, Dylan620! The list you nominated, Timeline of the 1993 Atlantic hurricane season, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.
This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, PresN (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:26, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promotion of Timeline of the 2002 Pacific hurricane season

Congratulations, Dylan620! The list you nominated, Timeline of the 2002 Pacific hurricane season, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.
This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, PresN (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:26, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hurricane Hilary

Hey there Dylan! I just wanted to let you know that I nominated Hurricane Hilary for FAC, which you reviewed for GAN. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 05:07, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Hurricanehink: Coolio, great to see another tropical cyclone at FAC – and I see it's going pretty well! I'll give the article another read-through tomorrow and see if there's any more feedback I can add. Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits) 19:28, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2024 July newsletter

The 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:

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)[reply]

DYK for Ghost in the Machine (song)

On 17 July 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ghost in the Machine (song), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that one critic interpreted a SZA song as being about her fears about the growing influence of AI in the music industry? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ghost in the Machine (song). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Ghost in the Machine (song)), 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.

♠PMC♠ (talk) 00:05, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes Improvement Time!

Hello there! I am sending this alert to all members of the WikiProject Weather and editors who have recently edited in the realm of tornadoes.

There is a large and important discussion ongoing, with the goal to completely overhaul and improve the List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes. The previous improvement attempt back in 2022/2023 gained almost no participation. This alert is being sent out so these discussions hopefully gain a reasonably-sized participation, so the F5/EF5 tornado article, one of the most viewed weather-related articles on Wikipedia, can be improved for all readers!

Si desea participar, visite: Charla de Wikipedia: WikiProject Weather/Posibles tornados F5/EF5/IF5 . The Weather Event Writer ( página de discusión) 16:23, 17 de julio de 2024 (UTC) [ respuesta ]

En agradecimiento

Gracias, Gog , eres muy amable :) Dylan 620 (él/él • habla • edita ) 23:45, 29 de julio de 2024 (UTC) [ respuesta ]

Promoción deFantasma en la máquina (canción)

¡Felicitaciones, Dylan620! El artículo que nominó, Ghost in the Machine (canción) , ha sido promovido al estado destacado, reconociéndolo como uno de los mejores artículos de Wikipedia. La discusión sobre la nominación ha sido archivada.
Este es un logro poco común y deberías estar orgulloso. Si lo desea, puede nominarlo para que aparezca en la página principal como artículo destacado de hoy. ¡Mantener el buen trabajo! Saludos, FrB.TG  ( discusión ) vía FACBot ( discusión ) 12:05, 3 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ respuesta ]

¡Una estrella de granero para ti!

Promoción deCronología de la temporada de huracanes del Pacífico de 2014

¡Felicitaciones, Dylan620! La lista que nominó, Cronología de la temporada de huracanes del Pacífico de 2014 , ha sido promovida al estado destacado, reconociéndola como una de las mejores listas de Wikipedia. La discusión sobre la nominación ha sido archivada.
Este es un logro poco común y deberías estar orgulloso. Si lo desea, puede nominarlo para que aparezca en la página principal como lista destacada de hoy. ¡Mantener el buen trabajo! Saludos, Hola, soy Josh  ( discusión ) a través de FACBot ( discusión ) 00:25, 8 de agosto de 2024 (UTC) [ respuesta ]