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Talk:Illusory truth effect/GA1

Wugapodes, next time you're around, please return to your review here. The nominator asked you a question back on October 31 that still needs answering; I don't know whether the rest of your review has been addressed in the article itself yet. Thank you very much, and hope to see you around here soon. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:54, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

@BlueMoonset: I've passed it, and I hope to be around more as well! Thank you for the reminder. Wugapodes [t^hɔk] [ˈkan.ˌʧɻɪbz] 22:51, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

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Another WugBot idea

I don't know how easy this would be to do, but the numbers at the bottom of the GA list subsections are very often off by one or two since editors sometimes forget to increment the number when they add (or remove) a GA. Could a daily or weekly pass count the total in each section and update it? And perhaps put a section in the GA/R report that shows any sections that it was unable to parse successfully and hence could not update? Pinging BlueMoonset to see if they can think of any reasons why this would not be a good idea. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 22:18, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

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WugBot not updating the GAN /Report page

Wugapodes, the /Report page hasn't been updated for the past two nights. Can you please take a look and try to get it running again? Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:10, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

On it. Wugapodes [t^hɔk] [ˈkan.ˌʧɻɪbz] 03:50, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

@BlueMoonset: I've solved it. It was a problem with Talk:Counter-illumination/GA1. An editor used find and replace to change all colons to asterisks followed by a space. This included the part above the comment that isn't supposed to be changed. So when Legobot came to read the page, it couldn't properly parse it because it wasn't int he format it expected. This resulted in the GAN entry being changed to just "Unknown" with no time stamp. Because this was in a format WugBot wasn't expecting, it choked too, but way less gracefully. I put a bandaid fix on GAN so WugBot would run, and I've since fixed Counter-Illumination so that hopefully LegoBot can read it again. I'm going to work on having WugBot handle this more gracefully for when it happens again knowing that Legobot does this. Wugapodes [t^hɔk] [ˈkan.ˌʧɻɪbz] 04:36, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

Glad you solved it. That "Unknown" thing happens when people mess with the GA review pages, just like "Example" happens when people add "onreview" to a GA nominee template even though it isn't really being reviewed yet. WugBot will indeed need to know how to deal with these sorts of bad format issues, although I'm guessing it does know how to deal with the "Example" thing, or bad times in the nomination part on the GAN page? (By the way, if you try to edit the GAN page to correct it, the bot will just undo your edit the next time it runs, since it builds the page based on the GA nominee template (for the nomination part) and the GA review page (for the review part).) BlueMoonset (talk) 04:56, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

Actually, it turns out that whatever you did couldn't handle the same situation on February 20. I did take care of the Unknowns involved (it can happen when a GA review page is deleted, such as when a review page is opened accidentally or by an ineligible reviewer such as a major contributor to the article, a new editor, or an IP, if the deletion has happened but the article talk page hasn't been fixed to remove the "onreview" status), but we missed an update that time. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:52, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2018 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. With 53 contestants qualifying, the groups for round 2 are slightly smaller than usual, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining users.

Our top scorers in round 1 were:

Aoba47 led the field with a featured article, 8 good articles and 42 GARs, giving a total of 666 points.
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Template:Did you know nominations/David Meade (author)

Wugapodes, this nomination has been approved, yet WugBot hasn't moved it to the /Approved page. Rather than move it myself, I thought I'd leave it there for a day or two for you to take a look and see why it's staying put. I did try replacing the tick (it had been later in the line rather than at the beginning where it's supposed to go), but that didn't help. Thanks for whatever you can do. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:39, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

I'm sorry; I couldn't hold it for you any longer. It wasn't fair to the nominator, who has been waiting. With any luck you'll have this logged and be able to figure it out, but I've just now moved it to the Approved page, where it belongs. BlueMoonset (talk) 23:57, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

@BlueMoonset: Apologies, I've been incredibly busy in real life and this slipped by. It's completely fine that you moved it to the Accepted page, and don't hesitate to do so in the future. I wrote the bot so that it can be tested on old revisions, so as long as whatever's causing the error is in the revision histories, I can still figure out what the problem is. So there's no need to hold up nominations for the bot's sake. Wugapodes [t^hɔk] [ˈkan.ˌʧɻɪbz] 20:26, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

Good to know, thanks for getting back to me. Next time I'll move it sooner if it stays behind. BlueMoonset (talk) 20:34, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

By the way, whatever kept this transclusion from being moved from Nominations to Approved also kept it from being deleted from Approved by the bot. I've just manually done so; it was under January 26. When you get the chance, I'd appreciate knowing what kept the bot from dealing with it, in case it's something I can fix. I'm wondering whether it might be something in one of the sigs... BlueMoonset (talk) 16:40, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

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WugBot down

Wugapodes, it looks like the temporary fix you made to keep WugBot from overwriting the top of the Approved page has instead prevented it from running at DYK at all. There hasn't been a single WugBot edits on the Nominations or the Approved page since then, which of course means that nothing is getting moved from Nominations to Approved, and none of the promoted hooks have been removed from the Approved page.

Please fix this as soon as you can. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:07, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

Fixed Thanks for the heads up. Wugapodes [t^hɔk] [ˈkan.ˌʧɻɪbz] 17:03, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

Don't know if this is related, but there seem to be quite a few noms that haven't been moved to the approved page. (See e.g. Muehlenbeckia astonii, Joe Mayo, Royal Bangkok Sports Club, Aphelinus mali, Syracosphaera azureaplaneta, Turkey at the 2014 Winter Paralympics, Don the Talking Dog.) --Paul_012 (talk) 20:41, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks BlueMoonset for sorting this out. --Paul_012 (talk) 04:37, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

Oddly, Template:Did you know nominations/Muehlenbeckia astonii‎ was not fixed by this. I've tried substituting the tick anew, but I'm doubtful that it will solve matters. Wugapodes, I'm going to leave it under Nominations for a day or two, in case you're around tomorrow and can take a look at why (assuming the new substitution doesn't do the trick; it'll be nearly two hours before the bot runs again, and I'll be long asleep by then). BlueMoonset (talk) 05:20, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

Apologies, I've been very busy this week. I hope to get to it this weekend but it may be a bit longer depending on how work goes. Feel free to move it when you please, I have the problematic diff and can test the bot on that. I've also added case-insensitivity to my to-do list. Wugapodes [t^hɔk] [ˈkan.ˌʧɻɪbz] 01:05, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Apologies myself; I didn't think to check to see whether that old problem, asterisks before the transcluded templates, were preventing the moves. I just noticed a whole bunch of noms, all with ticks, just sitting there under April 13. I expect that they'll all be moving, including Template:Did you know nominations/Muehlenbeckia astonii‎, in about half an hour, when Wugbot runs again. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:31, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

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Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with three featured articles
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WugBot

Hey, it looks like WugBot has stopped updating Wikipedia:Good article nominations/Report. Just wanted to bring this to your attention. :) --Dom497 (talk) 14:44, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

@Dom497:

Fixed This edit caused a nom to be marked as on review by an IP, but the review was later deleted and resulted in a format the bot couldn't handle. I fixed it on the GAN page, and hopefully Legobot doesn't undo the edit (I don't think it will but I'll keep an eye out for a bit). Thanks for the heads up, and glad to see you're still around! Wugapodes [t^hɔk] [ˈkan.ˌʧɻɪbz] 16:01, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

I spoke too soon. I'm going to go leave a note on Legobot's talk page to see why it's marking a non-existant page as existing. Wugapodes [t^hɔk] [ˈkan.ˌʧɻɪbz] 16:07, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

It was most likely this. I think Legobot should revert on its next update. Thanks for helping out!--Dom497 (talk) 16:22, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

Looks like that was the issue.--Dom497 (talk) 16:24, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

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Request for Wikipedia:Good article nominations/Report

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WugBot hasn't updated the GA Reports page since August 1

Wugapodes, there hasn't been a new GA Reports page since August 1; I can't find any obvious reason on the WP:GAN page, such as an Unknown reviewer, why the bot wouldn't have run, so I'm hoping you can figure out what's causing the bot to fail in its daily updates. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:11, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

@BlueMoonset: I'm looking at it now, though I'm travelling at the moment so it might take me longer than usual to fix. Wugapodes [t^hɔk] [ˈkan.ˌʧɻɪbz] 20:30, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

Oh wow, I think there was a recent change to the API that I didn't know about. I might not be able to fix this for a couple days, but I'll prioritize it. Wugapodes [t^hɔk] [ˈkan.ˌʧɻɪbz] 20:41, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for whatever you did: it ran about an hour ago at the usually scheduled 01:00 UTC. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:06, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

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2nd Annual GA Cup - Round 4

WikiProject Good Articles's 2015 GA Cup - Round 4

GA Cup competitors and observers: Happy Fall! Get ready, we're about to move into the finals of the second-ever GA Cup!

Monday saw the end of Round 3. Out of the 8 contestants in the semi-finals, 5 have moved to the finals. The semi-finals were competitive. Our semi-finalists reviewed a total of 61 articles, or a grand total of 1,151 points. If you were to lump the top winners from each of the three pools together, it'd be a close horse race; they were within 35 points of each other, which can only mean that the finals will be an exciting race. Tomandjerry211, our top scorer in Round 2, again earned the most points in the semi-finals, with 288 points and 16 articles reviewed. Johanna came in second overall, with 251 points and 13 articles reviewed; Sturmvogel 66 came in third overall, with 221 points and 16 articles. Rounding out our wildcard slots are Zwerg Nase and The Rambling Man. These contestants were very strategic in how they reviewed articles. Like every other round in the history of the GA Cup, success depended upon reviewing oldest-nominated articles. For example, Johanna reviewed 5 articles that were worth the highest possible points. Congrats to all our finalists, and good luck!

Stay tuned to this space for more information about the 2nd GA Cup, including overall statistics and how this competition has affected Wikipedia. We regret to inform you that Dom497, one of our original judges and co-creator of the GA Cup, has stepped down as a judge. Dom, a longtime member of WP:WikiProject Good articles, is responsible for the look of the GA Cup and has been instrumental in its upkeep. We wish him the best as he starts his university education, and are certain that he'll make an impact there as he has in Wikipedia.

The finals started on October 1 at 0:00:01 UTC and will end on Ocober 29 at 23:59:59 UTC with a winner being crowned. Information about the Final can be found here.

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2015 GA Cup Wrap-Up

WikiProject Good Articles's 2015 GA Cup - Finals/Wrap-Up

The second-ever GA Cup is now over! The competition officially ended Thursday. Congrats to everyone who participated, and especially to our finalists.

The winner of the 2nd GA Cup is Zwerg Nase! He earned 408 points, over 100 points more than he earned in all previous rounds. He tied with our second-place winner, Sturmvogel 66 with 367 points, in number of articles reviewed (24), and they earned almost the same points for reviewing articles that were in the queue the longest (Zwerg with 322, Sturmvogel with 326). Basically, they tied in points, but what made the different for Zwerg was the advantage he had in reviewing longer articles. It seems that the rule change of earning more realistic points for longer articles made a difference. All of our contestants should be proud of the work they were able to accomplish through the GA Cup. Congrats to these worthy opponents!

Our third and fourth place winners, Johanna and Tomandjerry211, also ran a close race, with 167 points and 147 points respectfully. We had one withdrawal; we found it interesting that competitors dropped out in Round 2 and 3 as well. One of the original judges and co-creator of this competition, User:Dom497 stepped down as judge during Round 3; as stated previously, we will miss his input and wish him the best.

The judges were pleased with our results, even though fewer users competed this time compared to our inaugural competition. We recognize that this might be due to holding the competition during the summer months. We intend on looking more closely when we should conduct this contest, as well as other aspects of the GA Cup. We've set up a feedback page for everyone's input about how we should conduct the contest and what rule changes should be made. If you have any ideas about how we can improve things, please visit it and give us your input.

Again, thanks to all and congratulations to our winners! Please stay tuned for the start of GA Cup #3.

Cheers from 3family6, Figureskatingfan, Jaguar and MrWooHoo.

4th GA Cup - Wrap Up

WikiProject Good Articles's 2016 GA Cup - Wrap Up

Hello, GA Cup competitors!

Saturday, April 1 concluded the 2016-2017 GA Cup. 64 reviews were completed by our finalists. Although the backlog increased by 42 over the reviewing period instead of declining, the increase suggests that the contest is encouraging editors to nominate articles for review.

Congratulations to Shearonink, who is the winner of the Cup, finishing with 672 points! Once again, just as in last round, this is more than the point totals for all the other competitors combined! It was a close race for second place between Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, who achieved 164 points, and Sturmvogel_66, who earned 150. Though Sturmvogel_66 reviewed one more article than Krishna Chaitanya Velaga, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga managed to earn 14 points more due to reviewing older articles. Our two wildcard competitors, Kees08 and Chris troutman, came in fourth and fifth, respectively.

There were some bumps in the competition this time: The sign-up deadline and the first round were both extended due to fewer competitors signing up then was planned for. And there were delays in tallying points and getting out the newsletter. The judges apologize for this latter difficulty. Lastly, mid-way through the competition we bid farewell to Zwerg Nase, who stepped down from their position as judge due to other commitments. Information about the Final can be found here.

Thank you to all of our competitors, and congrats to our winners!

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WikiCup 2018 September newsletter

The fourth round of the 2018 WikiCup has now come to an end. The eight users who made it to the final round had to score a minimum of 422 points to qualify, with the top score in the round being 4869 points. The leaders in round 4 were:

Courcelles scored a magnificent 4869 points, with 92 good articles on Olympics-related themes. Courcelles' bonus points alone exceeded the total score of any of the other contestants!
Kees08 was second with 1155 points, including a high-scoring featured article for Neil Armstrong, two good topics and some Olympics-related good articles.
Cas Liber, with 1066 points, was in third place this round, with two featured articles and a good article, all on natural history topics.
Other contestants who qualified for the final round were Nova Crystallis, Iazyges, SounderBruce, Kosack and Ceranthor.

During round four, 6 featured articles and 164 good articles were promoted by WikiCup contestants, 13 articles were included in good topics and 143 good article reviews were performed. There were also 10 "in the news" contributions on the main page and 53 "did you knows". Congratulations to 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.

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 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. 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, and let the best editor win! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:31, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 30 August 2018

From the editor: Today's young adults don't know a world without Wikipedia

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Thanks: My Goof

Header pretty much says it. The difference between text and comment didn't even occur to me, I ws just overwhelmed by the repetitive loqacity of the damn thing.

So yeah, I'll try to be more careful.

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The Signpost: 28 October 2018

From the editors: The Signpost is still afloat, just barely

Op-ed: Wikipedia's Strickland affair

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On 1 November 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sociophonetics, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a sociophonetic study found that young boys lower the pitch of their voice even before puberty to seem more masculine? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sociophonetics. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Sociophonetics), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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NPR Newsletter No.15 16 November 2018

Chart of the New Pages Patrol backlog for the past 6 months.

Hello Wugapodes,

Community Wishlist Survey – NPP needs you – Vote NOW

Community Wishlist Voting takes place 16 to 30 November for the Page Curation and New Pages Feed improvements, and other software requests. The NPP community is hoping for a good turnout in support of the requests to Santa for the tools we need. This is very important as we have been asking the Foundation for these upgrades for 4 years.

If this proposal does not make it into the top ten, it is likely that the tools will be given no support at all for the foreseeable future. So please put in a vote today.

We are counting on significant support not only from our own ranks, but from everyone who is concerned with maintaining a Wikipedia that is free of vandalism, promotion, flagrant financial exploitation and other pollution.

With all 650 reviewers voting for these urgently needed improvements, our requests would be unlikely to fail. See also The Signpost Special report: 'NPP: This could be heaven or this could be hell for new users – and for the reviewers', and if you are not sure what the wish list is all about, take a sneak peek at an article in this month's upcoming issue of The Signpost which unfortunately due to staff holidays and an impending US holiday will probably not be published until after voting has closed.

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The Signpost: 1 December 2018

From the editor: Time for a truce

Op-ed: Looking back, looking forward: A beginner's experience on Wikipedia

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Discussion report: Farewell, Mediation Committee

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@FreeKnowledgeCreator: I tried to reply to your email but it didn't go through for some reason? I got a reply back from the mail system saying it couldn't be delivered. Wugapodes [t^hɑk] [ˈkan.ˌʧɹɪbz] 23:44, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.16 15 December 2018

Hello Wugapodes,

Reviewer of the Year

This year's award for the Reviewer of the Year goes to Onel5969. Around on Wikipedia since 2011, their staggering number of 26,554 reviews over the past twelve months makes them, together with an additional total of 275,285 edits, one of Wikipedia's most prolific users.

Thanks are also extended for their work to JTtheOG (15,059 reviews), Boleyn (12,760 reviews), Cwmhiraeth (9,001 reviews), Semmendinger (8,440 reviews), PRehse (8,092 reviews), Arthistorian1977 (5,306 reviews), Abishe (4,153 reviews), Barkeep49 (4,016 reviews), and Elmidae (3,615 reviews).
Cwmhiraeth, Semmendinger, Barkeep49, and Elmidae have been New Page Reviewers for less than a year — Barkeep49 for only seven months, while Boleyn, with an edit count of 250,000 since she joined Wikipedia in 2008, has been a bastion of New Page Patrol for many years.