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DYK nomination of Emelia Quinn
Hello! Your submission of Emelia Quinn 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! Llewee (talk) 13:35, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
Vegan scholars
I was looking at the categories vegan activists, do you think it is worth me creating a category for vegan scholars? Or is it just easier to keep all under activists? Psychologist Guy (talk) 21:37, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
- I think I'd support something like that. But there's an ambiguity; are we talking about 'scholars of vegan studies', 'scholars whose work addresses veganism' (which will include lots of critics of veganism!), 'Scholars who advocate veganism in their scholarly work' or 'scholars who happen to be vegan'? The last wouldn't be useful; the first would be potentially quite narrow (but may be a valuable subcategory of the larger category). But yes, broadly, I'm supportive. Josh Milburn (talk) 12:02, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
- @Psychologist Guy: Sorry, forgot to ping you. Josh Milburn (talk) 12:03, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
- You raise valid points. Having thought about for this a long time, I have created Scholars of veganism for academics and scholars who have written about veganism or vegan studies. Those in the category do not have to be vegan themselves, just written about the topic from an academic perspective. I noticed there is an issue with the category veganism activists [1] because some people on that list are not activists they have just written about the topic. I believe this category was needed for the separation for scholars and activists. This is now similar to how we have separate categories for animal rights or welfare scholars and the other for activists. Psychologist Guy (talk) 18:39, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
- @Psychologist Guy: Great; no objection from me. I've added it to a few articles, and will try to remember to use it. Hopefully this will also be helpful in getting around the 'are they aren't they vegan' thing we've talked about before, as what matters is whether they write about veganism, not their own practices. Josh Milburn (talk) 19:10, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
- You raise valid points. Having thought about for this a long time, I have created Scholars of veganism for academics and scholars who have written about veganism or vegan studies. Those in the category do not have to be vegan themselves, just written about the topic from an academic perspective. I noticed there is an issue with the category veganism activists [1] because some people on that list are not activists they have just written about the topic. I believe this category was needed for the separation for scholars and activists. This is now similar to how we have separate categories for animal rights or welfare scholars and the other for activists. Psychologist Guy (talk) 18:39, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
- @Psychologist Guy: Sorry, forgot to ping you. Josh Milburn (talk) 12:03, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
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Begotten
Hello JM, just wanted to let you know that Begotten failed its FA nomination for the third time. Oddly the review seems archived too soon, but that is not the point. Just trying to figure out how to properly get this through cause prose seems to be the issue now. I find it difficult to do that considering Merhige is frustratingly cryptic in all his interviews, leaving out details that FA reviewers have commented on. If you have any suggestions as to how to get this article to finally pass and find a balance of prose I would appreciate it. I am currently alternating between this article and expanding the article on the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre film by pulling information from the Russian Featured Article version (into my separate userspace drafts as per usual). Anyways, I know you are busy and if you are unable to help I completely understand. Paleface Jack (talk) 18:18, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
- @Paleface Jack: I'm not surprised that the nomination was archived, but full respect to you for remaining committed to getting the article where it needs to be. I'll aim to finish my review. If the sourcing issues are resolved, it might 'just' be a case of getting the writing up to scratch. I don't think Merhige's interview style should be too much of an issue. It's just about presenting the information we do have as clearly as possible. (Also, I'd love to see a FA on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre!) Josh Milburn (talk) 11:38, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
- I am notoriously stubborn as you can tell with the other FA nominations and me continuing to that. I do agree wording and presenting thew info is important, and it is more of a challenge considering how Merhige presents the information in interviews (I honestly would have loved more information on the costume/special effects in addition to some cast interviews but have never found anything on that sadly). I had my own ideas on certain issues with the article and how to fix them up.
- In terms of getting The Texas Chain Saw Massacre to FA, I found a version of the article on the Russian Wikipiedia that is Featured status so I have been transfering that into a userspace draft while adding sources with updates to the citation style (Sadly the current state of the article on the English Wikipiedia is has a citation style that is all over the place). I also plan on getting back to my work on the Leatherface article so it eventually gets FA status though that would require collaboration and time. Paleface Jack (talk) 19:48, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
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The Herald (Benison) (talk) 07:08, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Just a heads up
@J Milburn: afternoon. There is currently a vote going on at Talk:Lucy Letby#RFC on Lead sentence about whether to exclude calling her a serial killer. Because you've edited similar pages before I thought you may be interested in voting? 213.31.202.10 (talk) 15:53, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
- Sorry; no view on this. Josh Milburn (talk) 22:55, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
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Begotten: Costume Design
Hello my friend, just wanted you to know I have been making more improvements to the article little by little. I found a credit that I found interesting, costumes for the film were designed by Celia Bryant who also worked in The Producers (1967), Shaft (1971), and Ganja & Hess (1973). The only source I have found so far that gives her this credit (apart from IMDb) is the film itself, so I am stumped on what to do. Anyways I will keep editing fine-tuning the prose till I deem it worthy of your fine eye. Paleface Jack (talk) 03:40, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
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Gaz has given up veganism. There was a big backlash in the vegan community on social media against him from vegans. He has deleted mention of "Avant-Garde Vegan" on all of his social media and changed accounts. I left some comments on the talk-page. The issue is that I doubt any WP:RS exist documenting this, unfortunately it means we will be left with an inaccurate article until we have good sources. You may know more about this issue. Psychologist Guy (talk) 02:19, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
- @Psychologist Guy: I confess that this is the first I've heard about it. What about the article do you think is inaccurate? Josh Milburn (talk) 22:28, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
- @Psychologist Guy: I've lightly updated the article; I see you're right that the YouTube channel and Instagram page aren't using the 'Avant-Garde Vegan' title any more. But I don't know if we need to get into any 'is he vegan' questions. If some decent sources come up further down the line which discuss a move away from veganism, perhaps we could revisit? Josh Milburn (talk) 01:06, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
- The article is accurate per sourcing but obviously not accurate per real life. We have to go by sourcing so we cannot insert WP:OR but I do believe in the future when we have referencing it should be updated. A wait and see approach is probably the best thing to do here. A lot of plant-based diet influencers are not vegan (I know some are but the majority are not). I created a plant-based template [2]. Gaz can probably be added to it in the future when we have more references since he has dropped veganism. I am in contact with a lot of vegans and they tell me Gaz has been consuming eggs for a long time.
- Based on what I have seen Gaz Oakley has unfortunately received abuse from militant vegans on social media who have sent him a lot of harassment. If you check his video [3] it has nearly 4000 comments and a lot of abusive messages from vegans there, some of which are being removed. People have reached out to Gaz on social media and he has denied identifying as vegan. He doesn't use that term anymore and has changed to just using his name. Psychologist Guy (talk) 01:40, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
- The only recent source on Gaz Oakley is a podcast intervieIw done about 2 months ago, it describes him as a plant-based chef and Gaz doesn't mention vegan throughout the entire interview [4], only "plant-based" is used. When there are more sources we can update the article. Psychologist Guy (talk) 01:57, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
- @Psychologist Guy: Understood, but I fear I'm missing something. Again: What in the article do you think is inaccurate 'per real life'? Josh Milburn (talk) 02:18, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
- The only recent source on Gaz Oakley is a podcast intervieIw done about 2 months ago, it describes him as a plant-based chef and Gaz doesn't mention vegan throughout the entire interview [4], only "plant-based" is used. When there are more sources we can update the article. Psychologist Guy (talk) 01:57, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
- @Psychologist Guy: I've lightly updated the article; I see you're right that the YouTube channel and Instagram page aren't using the 'Avant-Garde Vegan' title any more. But I don't know if we need to get into any 'is he vegan' questions. If some decent sources come up further down the line which discuss a move away from veganism, perhaps we could revisit? Josh Milburn (talk) 01:06, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
@Psychologist Guy: On an unrelated note, I've just created an article for Gregory Tague, which may be worth adding to some navboxes. Also tagging Throughthemind, as you may be interested to learn about a couple of animal-y journals he founded that you may not have heard of. Josh Milburn (talk) 17:14, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
- Sorry I didn't realize you had updated the Gaz article and changed it to former. I agree the article is accurate for now. Hopefully we get more sourcing this year. Thanks for creating the Gregory Tague article, I will add some of his papers to other articles. A brave book I recently came across that was published is called the imperfect vegan by Cat White [5]. She unfortunately will not qualify for a Wikipedia article but if sources do develop I will create it in the future. Psychologist Guy (talk) 02:22, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
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Begotten & Beyond
Hello my friend, just wanted to give you a heads up. A lot of edits have been going on at the Begotten article. I don't know if you have the time to review it in a private capacity to see if there are any issues I still need to work on. I am also trying to figure out how to correctly go about successful edits on any article ti get them to Featured Status without much issue. Any advice, since you are on the FA mentorship Prog? Paleface Jack (talk) 20:26, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
- @Paleface Jack: I'm really sorry for the sluggish reply; I'll try to make some time to look at this properly over the weekend! Josh Milburn (talk) 09:35, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
- No worries mate, you have a book to promote and other life things to keep you busy. Take your time. Paleface Jack (talk) 18:38, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
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On 1 February 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Richard Twine (sociologist), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that sociologist Richard Twine has developed the concept of the "vegan killjoy" who challenges anthropocentrism by their mere presence? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Richard Twine (sociologist). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Richard Twine (sociologist)), 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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Karen Bradshaw
Just to let you know, next week I will create Karen Bradshaw's Wikipedia article. I noticed you mentioned her in one of your papers on animal property rights [6], I see you mention the work of John Hadley [7]
There isn't a Wikipedia article for animal property rights it redirects to Hadley. Do you think it is worth creating a small article on it? Psychologist Guy (talk) 03:00, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
- @Psychologist Guy: I'm certainly not opposed to an article on animal property rights; when I created the redirect, Hadley was 'the' animal property rights guy. In addition to Karen Bradshaw, Hadley, and I, Connor Kianpour has a paper in Politics & Animals. There'll be other stuff out there. And yes, an article on Bradshaw would be excellent. A fun fact is that her book was included in 2022 Grammy gift bag. Josh Milburn (talk) 17:40, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
- I will have a go at creating Bradshaw's article, but the article on animal property rights might need more of an expert such as yourself or the user throughthemind. It's hard to find older writers who have touched upon animal property rights. As you say Hadley seems to have been the main guy promoting it. Stephen St. C. Bostock touched upon it very briefly on the topic of zoos. There's a book I purchased called "Respecting Animals" by David S. Favre, he's pretty much against animal rights as he sits in the welfare camp but he came up with the idea of animal living property. He is a Professor of Law. I will probably create his article as well. Psychologist Guy (talk) 22:00, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
- @Psychologist Guy: Yes, I'm aware of Favre's work, though I don't think he's really doing the same sort of thing. I think the 'trouble' with animal property rights is that there's oodles of work on animals as property (the property vs. personhood debate is very much entrenched in animal law); the novelty of the animal property rights approach is thinking of animals as owners of property. There's the occasional nod to it in older literature, but mostly (as far as I've seen) just acknowleding it as an interesting philosophical possibility. Josh Milburn (talk) 10:32, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
- I will have a go at creating Bradshaw's article, but the article on animal property rights might need more of an expert such as yourself or the user throughthemind. It's hard to find older writers who have touched upon animal property rights. As you say Hadley seems to have been the main guy promoting it. Stephen St. C. Bostock touched upon it very briefly on the topic of zoos. There's a book I purchased called "Respecting Animals" by David S. Favre, he's pretty much against animal rights as he sits in the welfare camp but he came up with the idea of animal living property. He is a Professor of Law. I will probably create his article as well. Psychologist Guy (talk) 22:00, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
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Thank you today for Last Gasp (Inside No. 9), introduced (in 2015) as "the fourth episode of the first series of Inside No. 9, and is a free-standing, half-hour comedy about a terminally-ill little girl's birthday. Critics generally agreed that this was a weak episode of a strong series, but one journalist went so far as to describe it as "not funny ... not clever and ... so utterly, irredeemably, naffly silly that it ends up being incredibly irritating and nothing else". Personally, I thought it very funny, but without the depth/originality which characterised the other episodes of the series (it also stars a number of faces which will be familiar to fans of British television)." -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:56, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
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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:
Generalissima (submissions), who has 916 points mostly from one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher), 15 GAs, and 16 DYKs on a variety of topics including New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures, in addition to seven reviews- Vami_IV (submissions), who has 790 points from two FAs on Felix M. Warburg House and Doom (2016 video game), two GAs, one DYK, and 11 reviews
- AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who has 580 points from one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, two DYKs, and five reviews
- Sammi Brie (submissions), who has 420 points mostly from nine GAs and seven DYKs on television and radio stations
- MaranoFan (submissions), who has 351 points from one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and three DYKs
- Skyshifter (submissions), who has 345 points from one FA on OneShot, one DYK and two reviews
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) 00:41, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – March 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024).
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Guideline and policy news
- Phase I of the 2024 RfA review is now open for participation. Editors are invited to review, comment on, and propose improvements to the requests for adminship process.
- Following an RfC, the inactivity requirement for the removal of the interface administrator right increased from 6 months to 12 months.
Technical news
- The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. (T353388)
Miscellaneous
- The 2024 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Doǵu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, MdsShakil, Minorax, Nehaoua, Renvoy and RoySmith as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
- Following the 2024 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Ajraddatz, Albertoleoncio, EPIC, JJMC89, Johannnes89, Melos and Yahya.
The Signpost: 2 March 2024
- News and notes: Wikimedia enters US Supreme court hearings as "the dolphin inadvertently caught in the net"
- Recent research: Images on Wikipedia "amplify gender bias"
- In the media: The Scottish Parliament gets involved, a wikirace on live TV, and the Foundation's CTO goes on record
- Obituary: Vami_IV
- Traffic report: Supervalentinefilmbowlday
- WikiCup report: High-scoring WikiCup first round comes to a close
Happy First Edit Day!
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DYK for Chris Armstrong (political theorist)
On 12 March 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Chris Armstrong (political theorist), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the British political theorist Chris Armstrong has called for a "blue new deal" to secure ecological resilience for the ocean and a just blue economy? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Chris Armstrong (political theorist). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Chris Armstrong (political theorist)), 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.
—Ganesha811 (talk) 00:02, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
The Signpost: 29 March 2024
- Technology report: Millions of readers still seeing broken pages as "temporary" disabling of graph extension nears its second year
- Recent research: "Newcomer Homepage" feature mostly fails to boost new editors
- Traffic report: He rules over everything, on the land called planet Dune
- Humour: Letters from the editors
- Comix: Layout issue
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Administrators' newsletter – April 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).
Administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- An RfC is open to convert all current and future community discretionary sanctions to (community designated) contentious topics procedure.
Technical news
- The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. (T313405)
Arbitration
- An arbitration case has been opened to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy".
Miscellaneous
- Editors are invited to sign up for The Core Contest, an initiative running from April 15 to May 31, which aims to improve vital and other core articles on Wikipedia.
April lichen task force newsletter
The April issue of the lichen task force newsletter is available here. Delivered by MeegsC (talk) 21:14, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
Happy Adminship Anniversary!
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WikiCup 2024 April newsletter
We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round.
Our current top scorers are as follows:
- Sammi Brie (submissions) with 642 points, mostly from 11 GAs about radio and television;
- voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two FAs (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three GAs;
- Generalissima (submissions) with 523 points, mostly from 11 GAs about coinage and history;
SounderBruce (submissions) with 497 points, mostly from a FA about the 2020 season of the soccer club Seattle Sounders FC and two GAs;
Tamzin (submissions) with 410 points, mostly from a FA about the drink Capri-Sun and three GAs;
Kusma (submissions) with 330 points, mostly from a FA about the English botanist Anna Blackburne and a GA.
Competitors may submit work for the second round until the end of 28 April, and the third round starts 1 May. Remember that only competitors with the top 32 scores will make it through to the third round. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs. As a reminder, competitors are strictly prohibited from gaming Wikipedia policies or processes to receive more points.
If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please read Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. 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) 15:05, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
The Signpost: 25 April 2024
- In the media: Censorship and wikiwashing looming over RuWiki, edit wars over San Francisco politics and another wikirace on live TV
- News and notes: A sigh of relief for open access as Italy makes a slight U-turn on their cultural heritage reproduction law
- WikiConference report: WikiConference North America 2023 in Toronto recap
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Newspapers (Not WP:NOTNEWS)
- Recent research: New survey of over 100,000 Wikipedia users
- Traffic report: O.J., cricket and a three body problem
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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:
- Sammi Brie (submissions) with 707 points, mostly from 45 good article nomination reviews and 12 good articless about radio and television;
- Generalissima (submissions) with 600 points, mostly from 12 good articles and 12 did you know nominations about coinage and history;
- SounderBruce (submissions) with 552 points, mostly from a featured article about the 2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, three featured lists, and two good articles;
BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 548 points, mostly from a featured article about the snooker player John Pulman, two featured lists, and one good article;- voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two featured articles (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three good articles.
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)
Administrators' newsletter – May 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).
Guideline and policy news
- Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.
Technical news
- Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Wikipedia. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.
Miscellaneous
- This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 15,000 articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
- Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 9 May 2024. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!
The Signpost: 16 May 2024
- News and notes: Democracy in action: multiple elections
- Special report: Will the new RfA reform come to the rescue of administrators?
- Arbitration report: Ruined temples for posterity to ponder over – arbitration from '22 to '24
- Comix: Generations
- Traffic report: Crawl out through the fallout, baby
Deletion review for Ed Winters
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Administrators' newsletter – June 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2024).
Administrator changes
Bureaucrat changes
Guideline and policy news
- Phase II of the 2024 RfA review has commenced to improve and refine the proposals passed in Phase I.
Technical news
- 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.
- The Committee is seeking volunteers for various roles, including access to the conflict of interest VRT queue.
Miscellaneous
- WikiProject Reliability's unsourced statements drive is happening in June 2024 to replace {{citation needed}} tags with references! Sign up here to participate!
The Signpost: 8 June 2024
- Technology report: New Page Patrol receives a much-needed software upgrade
- Deletion report: The lore of Kalloor
- In the media: National cable networks get in on the action arguing about what the first sentence of a Wikipedia article ought to say
- News from the WMF: Progress on the plan — how the Wikimedia Foundation advanced on its Annual Plan goals during the first half of fiscal year 2023-2024
- Recent research: ChatGPT did not kill Wikipedia, but might have reduced its growth
- Featured content: We didn't start the wiki
- Essay: No queerphobia
- Special report: RetractionBot is back to life!
- Traffic report: Chimps, Eurovision, and the return of the Baby Reindeer
- Comix: The Wikipediholic Family
- Concept: Palimpsestuous
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:
- 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)
Women in Red August 2024
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The Signpost: 4 July 2024
- News and notes: WMF board elections and fundraising updates
- Special report: Wikimedia Movement Charter ratification vote underway, new Council may surpass power of Board
- In focus: How the Russian Wikipedia keeps it clean despite having just a couple dozen administrators
- Discussion report: Wikipedians are hung up on the meaning of Madonna
- In the media: War and information in war and politics
- Sister projects: On editing Wikisource
- Opinion: Etika: a Pop Culture Champion
- Gallery: Spokane Willy's photos
- Humour: A joke
- Recent research: Is Wikipedia Politically Biased? Perhaps
- Traffic report: Talking about you and me, and the games people play
Administrators' newsletter – July 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2024).
Administrator changes
Technical news
- Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. (T6086)
Miscellaneous
- The Community Wishlist is re-opening on 15 July 2024. Read more
The Signpost: 22 July 2024
- Discussion report: Internet users flock to Wikipedia to debate its image policy over Trump raised-fist photo
- News and notes: Wikimedia community votes to ratify Movement Charter; Wikimedia Foundation opposes ratification
- Obituary: JamesR
- Crossword: Vaguely bird-shaped crossword
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Administrators' newsletter – August 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2024).
Technical news
- Global blocks may now target accounts as well as IP's. Administrators may locally unblock when appropriate.
- Users wishing to permanently leave may now request "vanishing" via Special:GlobalVanishRequest. Processed requests will result in the user being renamed, their recovery email being removed, and their account being globally locked.
Arbitration
- The Arbitration Committee appointed the following administrators to the conflict of interest volunteer response team: Bilby, Extraordinary Writ
The Riddle of the Sphinx (Inside No. 9) scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 13 October 2024. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 13, 2024, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/October 2024. I suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work. – SchroCat (talk) 14:07, 9 August 2024 (UTC)
The Signpost: 14 August 2024
- In the media: Portland pol profile paid for from public purse
- In focus: Twitter marks the spot
- News and notes: Another Wikimania has concluded.
- Special report: Nano or just nothing: Will nano go nuclear?
- Opinion: HouseBlaster's RfA debriefing
- Traffic report: Ball games, movies, elections, but nothing really weird
- Humour: I'm proud to be a template
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WikiCup 2024 August newsletter
The 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) 03:12, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – September 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2024).
Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, there is a new criterion for speedy deletion: C4, which
applies to unused maintenance categories, such as empty dated maintenance categories for dates in the past
. - A request for comment is open to discuss whether Notability (species) should be adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.
Arbitration
- Following a motion, remedies 5.1 and 5.2 of World War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) were repealed.
- Remedy 3C of the German war effort case ("Cinderella157 German history topic ban") was suspended for a period of six months.
- The arbitration case Historical Elections is currently open. Proposed decision is expected by 3 September 2024 for this case.
Miscellaneous
- Editors can now enter into good article review circles, an alternative for informal quid pro quo arrangements, to have a GAN reviewed in return for reviewing a different editor's nomination.
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in September 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,900 articles and 26,200 redirects awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
The Signpost: 4 September 2024
- News and notes: WikiCup enters final round, MCDC wraps up activities, 17-year-old hoax article unmasked
- In the media: AI is not playing games anymore. Is Wikipedia ready?
- News from the WMF: Meet the 12 candidates running in the WMF Board of Trustees election
- Wikimania: A month after Wikimania 2024
- Serendipity: What it's like to be Wikimedian of the Year
- Traffic report: After the gold rush
The Signpost: 26 September 2024
- In the media: Courts order Wikipedia to give up names of editors, legal strain anticipated from "online safety laws"
- Community view: Indian courts order Wikipedia to take down name of crime victim, editors strive towards consensus
- Serendipity: A Wikipedian at the 2024 Paralympics
- Opinion: asilvering's RfA debriefing
- News and notes: Are you ready for admin elections?
- Recent research: Article-writing AI is less "prone to reasoning errors (or hallucinations)" than human Wikipedia editors
- Traffic report: Jump in the line, rock your body in time
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Tony Parker albums
A tag has been placed on Category:Tony Parker albums indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, 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. ✗plicit 14:56, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – October 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2024).
Administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Guideline and policy news
- Administrator elections are a proposed new process for selecting administrators, offering an alternative to requests for adminship (RfA). The first trial election will take place in October 2024, with candidate sign-up from October 8 to 14, a discussion phase from October 22 to 24, and SecurePoll voting from October 25 to 31. For questions or to help out, please visit the talk page at Wikipedia talk:Administrator elections.
- Following a discussion, the speedy deletion reason "File pages without a corresponding file" has been moved from criterion G8 to F2. This does not change what can be speedily deleted.
- A request for comment is open to discuss whether there is a consensus to have an administrator recall process.
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Historical elections has been closed.
- An arbitration case regarding Backlash to diversity and inclusion has been opened.
- Editors are invited to nominate themselves to serve on the 2024 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission until 23:59 October 8, 2024 (UTC).
Miscellaneous
- If you are interested in stopping spammers, please put MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist and MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist on your watchlist, and help out when you can.
TFA
Thank you today for The Riddle of the Sphinx (Inside No. 9), introduced (in 2018): "This is a half-hour (very, very black) comedy about cryptic crosswords. I've never attempted a cryptic crossword, and I didn't find the episode particularly funny. Nonetheless, I think it might be my favourite ever episode of my favourite ever TV programme. It is brilliant, and I spot something new every time I rewatch it."! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:43, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
The Signpost: 19 October 2024
- News and notes: One election's end, another election's beginning
- Recent research: "As many as 5%" of new English Wikipedia articles "contain significant AI-generated content", says paper
- In the media: Off to the races! Wikipedia wins!
- Contest: A WikiCup for the Global South
- Traffic report: A scream breaks the still of the night
- Book review: The Editors
- Humour: The Newspaper Editors
- Crossword: Spilled Coffee Mug
Happy Birthday!
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Invitation to participate in a research
Hello,
The Wikimedia Foundation is conducting a survey of Wikipedians to better understand what draws administrators to contribute to Wikipedia, and what affects administrator retention. We will use this research to improve experiences for Wikipedians, and address common problems and needs. We have identified you as a good candidate for this research, and would greatly appreciate your participation in this anonymous survey.
You do not have to be an Administrator to participate.
The survey should take around 10-15 minutes to complete. You may read more about the study on its Meta page and view its privacy statement .
Please find our contact on the project Meta page if you have any questions or concerns.
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BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 19:22, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
WikiCup 2024 November newsletter
The 2024 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round being a very tight race. Our new champion is 
AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who scored 2,283 points mainly through 3 high-multiplier FAs and 3 GAs on military history topics. By a 1% margin, Airship beat out last year's champion, 
BeanieFan11 (submissions), who scored second with 2,264 points, mainly from an impressive 58 GAs about athletes. In third place, Generalissima (submissions) scored 1,528 points, primarily from two FAs on U.S. Librarians of Congress and 20 GAs about various historical topics. Our other finalists are: 
Sammi Brie (submissions) with 879 points, 
Hey man im josh (submissions) with 533 points, 
BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 432 points, 
Arconning (submissions) with 244 points, and 
AryKun (submissions) with 15 points. Congratulations to our finalists and all who participated!
The final round was very productive, and contestants had 7 FAs, 9 FLs, 94 GAs, 73 FAC reviews, and 79 GAN reviews and peer reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!
All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. 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 in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.
- Generalissima (submissions) wins the featured article prize for 3 FAs in round 4, and 7 FAs overall.
Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured list prize for 23 FLs overall.- MaranoFan (submissions) wins the featured topic prize for 9 articles in featured topics in round 1.
- Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured content reviewer prize for 110 FA/FL reviews overall.
BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the good article prize for 58 GAs in round 5, and 70 GAs overall.
Fritzmann (submissions) wins the good topic prize for 6 articles in good topics in round 2.- Sammi Brie (submissions) wins the good article reviewer prize for 45 GA reviews in round 2, and 78 GA reviews overall.
- BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 131 Did you know articles overall.
Muboshgu (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 15 In the news articles in round 1, and 36 overall.
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 2025 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. Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:48, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Brodequin albums
A tag has been placed on Category:Brodequin albums indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, 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! 20:40, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – November 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2024).
Administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Oversighter changes
Guideline and policy news
- Following a discussion, the discussion-only period proposal that went for a trial to refine the requests for adminship (RfA) process has been discontinued.
- Following a request for comment, Administrator recall is adopted as a policy.
Technical news
- Mass deletions done with the Nuke tool now have the 'Nuke' tag. This change will make reviewing and analyzing deletions performed with the tool easier. T366068
Arbitration
- RoySmith, Barkeep49 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2024 Arbitration Committee Elections. ThadeusOfNazereth and Dr vulpes are reserve commissioners.
- Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate from 3 November 2024 until 12 November 2024 to stand in the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections.
- The Arbitration Committee is seeking volunteers for roles such as clerks, access to the COI queue, checkuser, and oversight.
Miscellaneous
- An unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in November 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!
The Signpost: 6 November 2024
- From the editors: Editing Wikipedia should not be a crime
- In the media: An old scrimmage, politics and purported libel
- Special report: Wikipedia editors face litigation, censorship
- Traffic report: Twisted tricks or tempting treats?